Laudakia

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Laudakia
Laudakia tuberculata, Uttarakhand, India.jpg
Kashmir rock agama (Laudakia tuberculata)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Agaminae
Genus: Laudakia
Gray, 1845
Type species
Laudakia tuberculata
Gray, 1827

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.

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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]

Moved to genus Acanthocercus

Moved to genus Paralaudakia

Nota bene : A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a different genus.

References

  1. Genus Laudakia at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Acanthocercus adramitanus, p. 8; Laudakia nuristanica, p. 157; L. papenfussi, p. 200; L. wui, p. 290).
  3. "Laudakia vulgaris". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

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