Trapelus mutabilis mutabilis ( Merrem, 1820:50 )

Bauer, Aaron M., DeBoer, Jonathan C. & Taylor, Dylan J., 2017, Atlas of the Reptiles of Libya, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 64 (8), pp. 155-318 : 182

Trapelus mutabilis mutabilis ( Merrem, 1820:50) ( FIG . 12)

1820 Agama mutabilis Merrem, Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien — Tentamen Systematis Amphibiorum. Johann Christian Krieger, Marburg, Germany. XV + 191 pp. [German], XV + 191 pp. [Latin], 1 pl.

NEOTYPE.— ZFMK 64395 designated by Wagner et al. (2011), “ Egypt, 10 km northwest of Cairo.” Original type locality “Egypto”/”in Aegypto” ( Merrem, 1820). Merrem (1820) based his description on specimens figured by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1809, pl. 5, figs. 3–4) in the “Description de l’Égypte”. According to Wagner et al. (2011) there is no corresponding type in MNHN, where specimens figured in the “ Description de l’Égypte ” would be expected to be deposited, nor in the University of Marburg, where Merrem had been based. Likewise there are no possible types in BMNH, where Baha El Din (2006) suggested the type was housed.

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FIGURE 12. Trapelus mutabilis mutabilis from 5 km south of Gadamis, Nalut, Tripolitania, Libya, 2008. Photo © Roberto Sindaco.