Laudakia Explained

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 – Agror agama
• Laudakia cypriaca – Cyprus rock agama
• Laudakia dayana – Haridwar agama
• Laudakia melanura – black agama
• Laudakia nupta – large-scaled (rock) agama
  • Laudakia nupta nupta
  • Laudakia nupta fusca
• Laudakia nuristanica – Leviton's rock agama
• Laudakia pakistanica – Pakistani agama
  • Laudakia pakistanica pakistanica
  • Laudakia pakistanica auffenbergi
  • Laudakia pakistanica khani
• Laudakia papenfussi – Papenfuss's rock agama^[2]
• Laudakia sacra – Anan's rock agama
• Laudakia stellio – starred agama, roughtail rock agama
  • Laudakia stellio daani
  • Laudakia stellio stellio
• Laudakia tuberculata – tuberculated agama, Kashmir rock agama
• Laudakia vulgaris ^[3] – Egyptian rock agama
  • Laudakia vulgaris vulgaris
  • Laudakia vulgaris brachydactyla
  • Laudakia vulgaris picea
• Laudakia wui – Wui's rock agama^[2]

Moved to genus Acanthocercus

• Acanthocercus adramitanus – Anderson's rock agama^[2]
• Acanthocercus atricollis – black-necked tree agama

Moved to genus Paralaudakia

• Paralaudakia badakhshana – Badakhshana rock agama
• Paralaudakia bochariensis
• Paralaudakia caucasia – Caucasian agama
• Paralaudakia erythrogastra – redbelly rock agama
• Paralaudakia himalayana – Himalayan agama
• Paralaudakia lehmanni – Turkestan agama
• Paralaudakia microlepis – small-scaled agama
• Paralaudakia stoliczkana – 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.

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. .

Notes and References

1. . www.reptile-database.org.
2. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
3. Web site: Laudakia vulgaris . 2022-11-03 . The Reptile Database.