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Phrynocephalus kulagini BEDRIAGA, 1909

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kulagin’s variegated toadhead agama 
SynonymPhrynocephalus versicolor kulagini BEDRIAGA 1909
Phrynocephalus versicolor var. Kulagini BEDRIAGA 1909: 329
Phrynocephalus versicolor kulagini — NIKOLSKY 1915: 189
Phrynocephalus (Phrynocephalus) versicolor kulagini — BARABANOV & ANANJEVA 2007
Phrynocephalus kulagini — DUNAYEV et al. 2021
Phrynocephalus versicolor kulagini — GANBOLD et al. 2022
Phrynocephalus kulagini — SOLOVYEVA et al. 2023 
DistributionNW Mongolia, Russia (Tyva Autonomous Region).

Terra typica restricta: Chirgis-nur Lake in northwestern Mongolia.  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesLectotype: ZISP 5840, designated by Peters, 1984), “Sabul bei Kirgis-Nor” [Chirgis-nur lake, Uvs province, Mongolia]. Leg: G. N. Potanin, 1889. 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy after BARABANOV & ANANJEVA (2007) who consider doriai and hispidus as synonyms of versicolor (and thus recognize only 2 subspecies: versicolor and kulagini). Dunayev et al. 2021 elevated kulagini to full species status.

Distribution: for a map see Dunayev et al. 2021: 46 (Fig. 1). 
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