Laudakia
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Laudakia is a genus of lizards, commonly known as Asian rock agamas, in the family Agamidae. The genus is found mostly in Asia, with some species in Southern Europe.
Taxonomy
Some species of Laudakia, sensu lato, are now recognized in the new genera Paralaudakia found in Eurasia. For African agamas see the genera Agama and Acanthocercus.
Species and subspecies
Listed alphabetically.[1]
- Laudakia agrorensis (Stoliczka, 1872)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Agror agama
- Laudakia cypriaca (Daan, 1967)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Cyprus rock agama
- Laudakia dayana (Stoliczka, 1871)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Haridwar agama
- Laudakia melanura Blyth, 1854Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – black agama
- Laudakia nupta (De Filippi, 1843)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – large-scaled (rock) agama
- Laudakia nupta nupta (De Filippi, 1843)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Laudakia nupta fusca (Blanford, 1876)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Laudakia nuristanica (S. Anderson & Leviton, 1969)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Leviton's rock agama[2]
- Laudakia pakistanica (Baig, 1989)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Pakistani agama
- Laudakia pakistanica pakistanica (Baig, 1989)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Laudakia pakistanica auffenbergi Baig & Böhme, 1996Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Laudakia pakistanica khani Baig & Böhme, 1996Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Laudakia papenfussi Zhao, 1998Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Papenfuss's rock agama[2]
- Laudakia sacra (M.A. Smith, 1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Anan's rock agama
- Laudakia stellio (Linnaeus, 1758)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – starred agama, roughtail rock agama
- Laudakia tuberculata (Gray, 1827)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – tuberculated agama, Kashmir rock agama
- Laudakia vulgaris (Sonnini & Latreille, 1801)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[3] – Egyptian rock agama
- Laudakia vulgaris vulgaris (Sonnini & Latreille, 1801)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Laudakia vulgaris brachydactyla (Haas, 1951)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Laudakia vulgaris picea (Parker, 1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Laudakia wui Zhao, 1998Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Wui's rock agama[2]
Moved to genus Acanthocercus
- Acanthocercus adramitanus (J. Anderson, 1896)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Anderson's rock agama[2]
- Acanthocercus atricollis (A. Smith, 1849)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – black-necked tree agama
Moved to genus Paralaudakia
- Paralaudakia badakhshana (S. Anderson & Leviton, 1969)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Badakhshana rock agama
- Paralaudakia bochariensis (Nikolsky, 1897)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Paralaudakia caucasia (Eichwald, 1831)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Caucasian agama
- Paralaudakia erythrogastra (Nikolsky, 1896)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – redbelly rock agama
- Paralaudakia himalayana (Steindachner, 1867)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Himalayan agama
- Paralaudakia lehmanni (Nikolsky, 1896)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Turkestan agama
- Paralaudakia microlepis (Blanford, 1874)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – small-scaled agama
- Paralaudakia stoliczkana (Blanford, 1875)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mongolian rock agama
Nota bene: A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a different genus.
References
Further reading
- Baig KJ, Wagner P, Ananjeva NB, Böhme W (2012). "A morphology-based taxonomic revision of Laudakia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Agamidae)". Vertebrate Zoology 62 (2): 213-260. (Paralaudakia and Stellagama, new genera).
- Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Laudakia, new genus, p. 254).
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Genus Laudakia at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ a b c d Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Acanthocercus adramitanus, p. 8; Laudakia nuristanica, p. 157; L. papenfussi, p. 200; L. wui, p. 290).
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".