Laudakia
Genus of lizards
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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.
| Laudakia | |
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| Kashmir rock agama (Laudakia tuberculata) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Agaminae |
| Genus: | Laudakia Gray, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Laudakia tuberculata Gray, 1827 | |
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) – Agror agama
- Laudakia cypriaca (Daan, 1967) – Cyprus rock agama
- Laudakia dayana (Stoliczka, 1871) – Haridwar agama
- Laudakia melanura Blyth, 1854 – black agama
- Laudakia nupta (De Filippi, 1843) – large-scaled (rock) agama
- Laudakia nupta nupta (De Filippi, 1843)
- Laudakia nupta fusca (Blanford, 1876)
- Laudakia nuristanica (S. Anderson & Leviton, 1969) – Leviton's rock agama[2]
- Laudakia pakistanica (Baig, 1989) – Pakistani agama
- Laudakia pakistanica pakistanica (Baig, 1989)
- Laudakia pakistanica auffenbergi Baig & Böhme, 1996
- Laudakia pakistanica khani Baig & Böhme, 1996
- Laudakia papenfussi Zhao, 1998 – Papenfuss's rock agama[2]
- Laudakia sacra (M.A. Smith, 1935) – Anan's rock agama
- Laudakia stellio (Linnaeus, 1758) – starred agama, roughtail rock agama
- Laudakia tuberculata (Gray, 1827) – tuberculated agama, Kashmir rock agama
- Laudakia vulgaris (Sonnini & Latreille, 1801)[3] – Egyptian rock agama
- Laudakia wui Zhao, 1998 – Wui's rock agama[2]
Moved to genus Acanthocercus
- Acanthocercus adramitanus (J. Anderson, 1896) – Anderson's rock agama[2]
- Acanthocercus atricollis (A. Smith, 1849) – black-necked tree agama
Moved to genus Paralaudakia
- Paralaudakia badakhshana (S. Anderson & Leviton, 1969) – Badakhshana rock agama
- Paralaudakia bochariensis (Nikolsky, 1897)
- Paralaudakia caucasia (Eichwald, 1831) – Caucasian agama
- Paralaudakia erythrogastra (Nikolsky, 1896) – redbelly rock agama
- Paralaudakia himalayana (Steindachner, 1867) – Himalayan agama
- Paralaudakia lehmanni (Nikolsky, 1896) – Turkestan agama
- Paralaudakia microlepis (Blanford, 1874) – small-scaled agama
- Paralaudakia stoliczkana (Blanford, 1875) – 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.