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Paralaudakia lehmanni (NIKOLSKY, 1896)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Turkestan Rock Agama
G: Zentralasiatische Wirtelschwanzagame 
SynonymStellio lehmanni NIKOLSKY 1896
Agama lehmanni — BEDRIAGA 1907: 126
Agama borstschewskyi ELPATJEWSKY & SABANEJEW 1907: 250
Agama lehmanni — NIKOLSKY 1915: 121
Agama bortschewskii NIKOLSKY 1915: 122 (nom. subst. pro Agama borstschewskyi)
Agama lehmanni — TERENTJEW & TSCHERNOW 1949: 147
Agama lehmanni — WERMUTH 1967: 16
Agama lehmanni — TIEDEMANN et al. 1994
Laudakia lehmanni — MACEY et al. 2000
Laudakia lehmanni — SZCZERBAK 2003
Paralaudakia lehmanni — BAIG et al. 2012: 236
Paralaudakia lehmanni — ZAUNER 2023 
DistributionE Turkmenistan, E Uzbekistan, W Tajikistan, S Kyrgyzstan, N Afghanistan, elevation 400-2600 m.

Type locality: Fergana and Bukhara, Uzbekistan (“provincia Ferganensi nec non in Bucharia, Turkestan” fide WERMUTH 1967).

borstschewskyi: Type locality: Type locality: “Buchara region.”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes. ZISP, NMW 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (as Paralaudakia). Head and body depressed; flower-shaped formation of enlarged scales on anterior side of head; olivaceous with irregular black spots; scales on the body and tail with strong ridges and spines, several vertical rows of highly enlarged spinose scales; no patch on flanks; dorsolateral-fold marked with en- larged spinose scales with distinct high ridges; tail segment of three; callous glands present [BAIG et al. 2012]. 
CommentSynonymy after WERMUTH 1967 and BAIG et al. 2012.

Distribution: not in Kazakhstan fide Dujsebayeva (2010 and pers. comm., 6 Feb 2012). 
EtymologyNamed after Alexander Lehmann, a Russian biologist of German descent who traveled to Turkestan as a member of a Russian expedition (1839-1842). 
References
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