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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | Trapelus |
Species: | T. flavimaculatus
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Binomial name | |
Trapelus flavimaculatus
Rüppell, 1835
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The yellow-spotted agama (Trapelus flavimaculatus) is a common species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.
T. flavimaculatus is found in arid regions of the Arabian Peninsula in Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. [1] [2]
The yellow-spotted agama inhabits sandy or gravelly areas of desert and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 1,200 m (3,900 ft). [1]
T. flavimaculatus feeds mostly on insects.[ citation needed]
The yellow-spotted agama is diurnal, and climbs on bushes to bask. [1]
T. flavimaculatus is oviparous. [2] Clutch size is four to six eggs. [1]
Males of T. flavimaculatus are generally known by the remarkable blue colour on the ventral surface of the neck.[ citation needed]