Paralaudakia lehmanni

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Paralaudakia lehmanni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Paralaudakia
Species:
P. lehmanni
Binomial name
Paralaudakia lehmanni
(Nikolsky, 1896)
Synonyms [2]
  • Stellio lehmanni
    Nikolsky, 1896
  • Agama lehmanni
    (Nikolsky. 1896)
  • Laudakia lehmanni
    (Nikolsky, 1896)

Paralaudakia lehmanni, also known commonly as the Turkestan rock agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Central Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, lehmanni, is in honor of Alexander Lehmann, who was a Russian biologist of German descent. [3]

Geographic range

P. lehmanni is found in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. lehmanni is rocky shrubland, [1] at altitudes of 400–2,600 m (1,300–8,500 ft). [2]

Reproduction

P. lehmanni is oviparous. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Sattorov, T.; Nazarov, R.; Papenfuss, T.; Anderson, S. (2017). "Paralaudakia lehmanni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T170408A48635396. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T170408A48635396.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Paralaudakia lehmanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Laudakia lehmanni, p. 154).

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