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Laudakia agrorensis (STOLICZKA, 1872)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Agror agama 
SynonymStellio agrorensis STOLICZKA 1872: 128
Agama agrorensis — BOULENGER 1885: 363
Agama agrorensis — SMITH 1935: 216
Agama agrorensis — WERMUTH 1967: 7
Laudakia agrorensis — DAS 1996: 44
Laudakia agrorensis — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Laudakia agrorensis — BAIG et al. 2012: 241 
DistributionE Afghanistan, NW India (Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Kashmir), N Pakistan, elevation 700-1300 m.

Type locality: Sussel Pass, at the entrance into Agror Valley, elevation 6000 feet, Hazara district, NW Punjab.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntype: ZSI 4206, NMW; other specimens: FMNH 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Head scales strongly carinated; tail twice or more than SVL; 8–10 rows of strongly keeled vertebral scales; distinct patch of strongly mucronate scales on flanks; tail segment of three whorls; callous glands present in both sexes [BAIG et al. 2012]. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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