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Laudakia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Sauria

Family
  
Agamidae

Scientific name
  
Laudakia

Higher classification
  
Agaminae

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Infraorder
  
Iguania

Subfamily
  
Agaminae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Laudakia Painted Dragon Laudakia stellio brachydactyla

Lower classifications
  
Stellagama, Laudakia caucasia, Laudakia tuberculata, Laudakia pakistanica, Laudakia dayana

Laudakia stellio feeding frenzy


Laudakia is a genus of lizards, commonly known as Asian rock agamas.

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Taxonomy

Laudakia Laudakia nupta The Reptile Database

Some species of Laudakia, sensu lato, are now recognized in the new genera Stellagama and Paralaudakia, the latter found in Eurasia. For African agamas see the genera Agama and Acanthocercus.

Species and subspecies

Listed alphabetically.

Laudakia Genus Laudakia iNaturalistorg

  • Laudakia agrorensis – Agror agama
  • Laudakia dayana – Haridwar agama
  • Laudakia fusca – yellow-headed rock agama
  • Laudakia kirmanensis – Nikolsky's rock 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 – Pakistan agama
  • Laudakia pakistanica pakistanica
  • Laudakia pakistanica auffenbergi
  • Laudakia pakistanica khani
  • Laudakia papenfussi – Papenfuss's rock agama
  • Laudakia sacra – Anan's rock agama
  • Laudakia tuberculata – Kashmir rock agama
  • Laudakia wui – Wui's rock agama

    • Moved to genus Acanthocercus

  • Laudakia adramitanus – Anderson's rock agama
  • Laudakia atricollis – black-necked tree agama

    • Moved to genus Paralaudakia

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

    • Moved to genus Stellagama

  • Stellagama stellio – stellion or roughtail rock agama

    • Laudakia FileLaudakia caucasica 1JPG Wikimedia Commons

    Laudakia Laudakia melanura alias Black Agama Hippocampus Bildarchiv

    Laudakia Wikiwand

    References

    Laudakia Wikipedia
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