Paralaudakia lehmanni

Paralaudakia lehmanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Paralaudakia
Species:
P. lehmanni
Binomial name
Paralaudakia lehmanni
(Nikolsky, 1896)
Synonyms[2]
  • Stellio lehmanni
    Nikolsky, 1896
  • Agama lehmanni
    (Nikolsky. 1896)
  • Laudakia lehmanni
    (Nikolsky, 1896)

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 was a Russian biologist of German descent.[3]

Geographic range

P. lehmanni is found in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. lehmanni is rocky shrubland,[1] at altitudes of 400–2,600 m (1,300–8,500 ft).[2]

Reproduction

P. lehmanni is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Sattorov, T.; Nazarov, R.; Papenfuss, T.; Anderson, S. (2017). "Paralaudakia lehmanni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T170408A48635396. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T170408A48635396.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Paralaudakia lehmanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
  3. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Laudakia lehmanni, p. 154).

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: 213–260. (Paralaudakia lehmanni, new combination, p. 236).
  • Nikolsky AM (1896). "Diagnoses Reptilium et Amphibiorum novorum in Persia orientali a N. Zarudny collectorum ". Annuaire Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 1: XIII–XV, 369–372. (Stellio lehmanni, new species, p. XIV). (in Latin and Russian).
  • 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. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7. (Laudakia lehmanni).


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