The brilliant ground agama (''Trapelus agilis'') is a species of
agama found in
Central,
West
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Etymology
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and
South Asia
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, in Iran, Pakistan, India, Russia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, China, possibly Iraq, and Afghanistan (''T. a. isolepis'').
*Race ''khuzistanensis'': Type locality: Iran, Khuzistan Province, 5 km northwest of Haft-Gel on the road to Shushtar.
*Race ''pakistanensis'' - southeastern Pakistan and adjacent northwestern India: Type locality: Gaj-River, Kirthar Range, southeastern Pakistan.
References
* Anderson S. C. 196
The lectotype of ''Agama isolepis'' Boulenger Herpetologica 22: 230–231.
* Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp.
* Boulenger, G.A. 1887 A list of the reptiles and batrachians obtained near Muscat, Arabia, and presented to the British Museum by Surgeon-Major A.S.G. Jayakar. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 20: 407-408
* Olivier 1807 Voy. Emp. Otho. 4: 394
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Trapelus
Lizards of Asia
Reptiles of Central Asia
Reptiles of Afghanistan
Reptiles of China
Reptiles of Iran
Reptiles of Pakistan
Reptiles of Russia
Taxa named by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier
Reptiles described in 1807
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