''Paralaudakia'' is a

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of lizards, commonly known as Asian rock agamas, which are

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Taxonomy

All of the

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of the genus ''Paralaudakia'' are sometimes included in the genus ''

Laudakia ''Laudakia'' is a genus of lizards, commonly known as Asian rock agamas, in the Family (biology), family Agamidae. The genus is found mostly in Asia, with some species in Southern Europe. Taxonomy Some species of ''Laudakia'', ''sensu lato'', ar ...

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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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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 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 erythrogaster'' – 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'' – Turkestan agama *'' Paralaudakia microlepis'' – 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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in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Paralaudakia''.

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