Laudakia

Laudakia
Stellagama stellio, formerly Laudakia stellio, in Israel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Agaminae
Genus:	Laudakia Gray, 1845

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

Taxonomy

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 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

• 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

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).