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Phrynocephalus euptilopus

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Alcock's toad-headed agama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Phrynocephalus
Species:
P. euptilopus
Binomial name
Phrynocephalus euptilopus
Alcock & Finn, 1897

Alcock's toad-headed agama Phrynocephalus euptilopus is a species of agamid lizard found in Pakistan (Western Baluchistan), Afghanistan and possibly in parts of India. Type locality: Darband (elevation 3000 feet), Northern Baluchistan. Known only from 6 type specimens from Darband, Western Baluchistan. Indraneil Das (1997) notes that its presence is doubtful for India.

References

  • Alcock, A. W. & Finn, F. 1897, An account of the Reptilia collected by Dr. F.P. Maynard, Captain A.H. McMahon, C.I.E., and the members of the Afghan-Baluch Boundary Commission of 1896. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 65: 550-566 [1896]