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''Laudakia'' is a
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s, commonly known as Asian rock agamas, in the
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. The genus is found mostly in
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Taxonomy

Some
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of ''Laudakia'', ''
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Paralaudakia ''Paralaudakia'' is a genus of lizards, commonly known as Asian rock agamas, which are endemic to Eurasia. Taxonomy All of the species of the genus ''Paralaudakia'' are sometimes included in the genus ''Laudakia'', ''sensu lato''. For African a ...
'' found in
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. For African agamas see the genera '' Agama'' and ''
Acanthocercus ''Acanthocercus'' is a genus of lizards in the Family (biology), family Agamidae. The genus is Endemism, endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Species ''Nota bene'': A Binomial nomenclature, binomial authority in parentheses indicates ...
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Species and subspecies

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Laudakia agrorensis ''Laudakia agrorensis'', the Agror agama, is a species of agamid lizard. It is found in eastern Afghanistan, northwestern India (Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Kashmir), and northern Pakistan. It is associated with rocky outcrops in low mount ...
'' – Agror agama *''
Laudakia cypriaca ''Laudakia cypriaca'', also known as Cyprus rock agama, is a species of agamid lizard. It is endemic to Cyprus. Taxonomy The Cyprus rock agama was originally described as a subspecies of ''Agama stellio'' (now '' Laudakia stellio''). However, ...
'' – Cyprus rock agama *''
Laudakia dayana ''Laudakia dayana'', commonly known as the Haridwar agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to extreme northern India. Geographic range ''L. dayana'' is found in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, which inclu ...
'' – Haridwar agama *''
Laudakia melanura ''Laudakia melanura'', also known as the black agama or black rock agama, is a species of agamid lizard. It is found in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and northern India. There are three subspecies: * ''Laudakia melanura melanura'' (Blyth, 1854) � ...
'' – black agama *''
Laudakia nupta ''Laudakia nupta'' is a species of lizard from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. It was species description, described in 1843. There are two subspecies, ''Laudakia nupta nupta'' and ''Laudakia nupta fusca''. Taxonomy ''L. nupta'' was des ...
'' – large-scaled (rock) agama **''Laudakia nupta nupta'' **''Laudakia nupta fusca'' *''
Laudakia nuristanica ''Laudakia nuristanica'', also known as Leviton's rock agama, is a species of agamid Agamidae is a family containing 582 species in 64 genera of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few locations in Southern Europe. ...
'' – Leviton's rock agama *''
Laudakia pakistanica ''Laudakia pakistanica'', the Pakistani agama, a species of agamid lizard found in northern Pakistan and northern India, in the disputed territory claimed by both states. Distribution Three subspecies In Taxonomy (biology), biological cla ...
'' – Pakistani agama **''Laudakia pakistanica pakistanica'' **''Laudakia pakistanica auffenbergi'' **''Laudakia pakistanica khani'' *''
Laudakia papenfussi ''Laudakia papenfussi'', also known as Papenfuss's rock agama, is a species of agamid lizard. It is found in Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau ...
'' – Papenfuss's rock agama Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Acanthocercus adramitanus'', p. 8; ''Laudakia nuristanica'', p. 157; ''L. papenfussi'', p. 200; ''L. wui'', p. 290). *'' Laudakia sacra'' – Anan's rock agama *''
Laudakia stellio ''Laudakia stellio '' is a species of agamid lizard.Baig KJ et al. (2012)"A morphology-based taxonomic revision of ''Laudakia'' Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Agamidae)".''Vertebrate Zoology'' 62 (2): 213–260. (''Stellagama'', new genus, p. 222). also ...
'' – starred agama, roughtail rock agama **''Laudakia stellio daani'' **''Laudakia stellio stellio'' *''
Laudakia tuberculata ''Laudakia tuberculata'' (Kashmir rock agama or tuberculated agama) is a species of agamid lizard found in northern Pakistan, northern India (W Himalaya, Kashmir, Punjab), Nepal, eastern Afghanistan (needs confirmation), and western China (Tib ...
'' – tuberculated agama, Kashmir rock agama *'' Laudakia vulgaris'' – Egyptian rock agama **''Laudakia vulgaris vulgaris'' **''Laudakia vulgaris brachydactyla'' **''Laudakia vulgaris picea'' *'' Laudakia wui'' – Wui's rock agama


Moved to genus ''

Acanthocercus ''Acanthocercus'' is a genus of lizards in the Family (biology), family Agamidae. The genus is Endemism, endemic to Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Species ''Nota bene'': A Binomial nomenclature, binomial authority in parentheses indicates ...
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*'' Acanthocercus adramitanus'' – Anderson's rock agama *'' Acanthocercus atricollis'' – black-necked tree agama


Moved to genus ''

Paralaudakia ''Paralaudakia'' is a genus of lizards, commonly known as Asian rock agamas, which are endemic to Eurasia. Taxonomy All of the species of the genus ''Paralaudakia'' are sometimes included in the genus ''Laudakia'', ''sensu lato''. For African a ...
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Paralaudakia badakhshana The Badakhshana rock agama (''Paralaudakia badakhshana'') is an agamid lizard found in NE Afghanistan, N Pakistan, Kashmir, China (Xinjiang), SE Turkmenistan, eastward through Tajikistan to W Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz R ...
'' – Badakhshana rock agama *''
Paralaudakia bochariensis ''Paralaudakia bochariensis'' is an agamid lizard found in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, ...
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Paralaudakia caucasia The Caucasian agama (''Paralaudakia caucasia'') is a species of agamid lizard found in the Caucasus, E/S Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Dagestan (Russia), E Turkey, Iraq, N Iran, Afghanistan, NW Pakistan, and parts of Ka ...
'' – Caucasian agama *'' Paralaudakia erythrogastra'' – redbelly rock agama *''
Paralaudakia himalayana The Himalayan agama (''Paralaudakia himalayana'') is an agamid lizard found in Central Asia and South Asia South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, ...
'' – Himalayan agama *''
Paralaudakia lehmanni ''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. Etymology The specific name, ''lehmanni'', is in honor of Alexander Lehmann, who ...
'' – Turkestan agama *''
Paralaudakia microlepis ''Paralaudakia microlepis'', the smallscaled rock agama, is an agamid lizard found in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan Turkmenistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan ...
'' – small-scaled agama *''
Paralaudakia stoliczkana ''Paralaudakia stoliczkana'' (common name Mongolia rock agama) is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Xinjiang and Gansu provinces in China, the western parts of Mongolia, and to Kyrgyzstan. www.reptile-database. ...
'' – Mongolian rock agama ''
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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. . {{Taxonbar, from=Q1768530 Lizard genera Taxa named by John Edward Gray