Trapelus megalonyx Günther, 1864:159

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 481

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Trapelus megalonyx Günther, 1864:159 View in CoL , pl. XIV, fig. C

1864 Trapelus megalonyx Günther , The Reptiles of British India. The Ray Society, London, United Kingdom. xxvii + 452 pp, 26 pls.

HOLOTYPE.— BMNH 1946.8.11. 34, from “ Eastern Afghanistan ”.

SYNONYMS.— Agama ruderata baluchiana Smith, 1935 from “ Quetta District , Baluchistan ”.

LOCALITIES.— Baraki Barak ( USNM 194979 About USNM ) ; Char-e-Kar nr. Kabul ( CAS 96234–44 About CAS , ZFMK 13317–19 About ZFMK ) ; Feyzabad (see Fig. 11 View FIGURE ) ; Ghazni, Qa-la-Baqaul [2300 m] ( ZFMK 54797–800 About ZFMK ) ; 31 km N Ghazni (by Kabul Rd. ) (8100 ft.) ( MVZ 236947–48 About MVZ , 23650–51 About MVZ ) ; vic. of Jalalabad ( Brück 1968); vic. Jalalabad in direction to Somarkhel ( MMB 28473 View Materials ) ; Kabul ( ZFMK 54801 About ZFMK , ZFMK 15694 About ZFMK ) ; Kabul, Chairkana [1740 m] ( ZFMK 20982 About ZFMK ) ; Kabul, Koh-el-Tschel Zetun ( ZFMK 20981 About ZFMK ) ; Kabul, Logar Valley , 10 km S of Kabul [2000 m] ( ZFMK 54802 About ZFMK ) ; 70–80 km S Kabul ( CAS 120547–50 About CAS ) ; 71 km SSW Kabul (by Kandahar Rd. ) (6230 ft.) ( MVZ 236949 About MVZ , 236952 About MVZ ) ; Kapua, Dargh-e-Nedjrab near Nedjrab [2000 m] ( ZFMK 54803 About ZFMK ) ; Karisimia ( ZFMK 7926–29 About ZFMK ) ; Kotal-e-Khair-Khana ( ZFMK 8589 About ZFMK ) ; Orozgan ( MZLU L960 About MZLU /3046) ; 50 km S Qalat ( CAS 120551 About CAS ) ; Qala Nau , just N of Ghazni [“ 33°35′N, 68°28′E ”] ( CAS 97991 About CAS ) GoogleMaps [see pl. 5, fig. 3 for distribution].

REMARKS.— Specimens of this species were previously reported from Afghanistan as T. ruderata or T. ruderata baluchiana by e.g., Brück (1968), Král (1969), Clark and Clark (1969) and Leviton and Anderson (1970). Clark (1990) noted that it prefers barren habitats. Smith (1940) mentioned “ Agama ruderata ” from “ Ghazni 7000 ft. ” that probably refers to BMNH 1934.3.1. 14– 17. Two numbers (ZFMK 8684–90) can be found in the collection catalogue of the Museum Koenig refering to T. megalonyx from Afghanistan and collected by Clas Naumann. As the labels are still unused and available in the catalogue, it seems that they had been reserved for a donation from the Zoological Museum in Kabul, but were never accessioned in the collection in Bonn.