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Paralaudakia himalayana (STEINDACHNER, 1867)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Himalayan Agama
G: Himalaya-Agame
Chinese: 喜山岩蜥 
SynonymStellio himalayanus STEINDACHNER 1867: 22
Agama himalayana BOULENGER 1885: 362
Agama himalayana — SMITH 1935: 213
Stellio bochariensis NIKOLSKY 1897
Agama himalayana — ZUGMAYER 1909: 496
Laudakia himalayana — MACEY et al. 2000
Laudakia himalayana — SZCZERBAK 2003
Paralaudakia (himalayana) himalayana — BAIG et al. 2012: 234
Paralaudakia himalayana bochariensis — DAVLETBAKOV et al. 2016
Paralaudakia himalayana himalayana — GEMEL et al. 2019 
DistributionNE Afghanistan, N Pakistan (KHAN 2002), N India (Jammu and Kashmir), China (Xinjiang, Tibet), Turkmenistan, W Tajikistan ?

Distribution fide BAIG et al. 2012: Southern Pamir, Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan, mountain ranges of Karakoram, Ladakh and Himalaya up to Tibet; elevation 1000 – 3500 m.

bochariensis: Kyrgyzstan

Type locality: Lei [= Leh] and Kargill, Ladakh-Province, Kashmir.  
ReproductionOviparous 
TypesSyntypes: NMW 16752:1-12, 16753:1-2 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (as Paralaudakia). Head and body moderately depressed; tail longer, two or less than two times that of SVL; no patch of strongly mucronate scales on flanks; groups of low spinose scales on neck and sides of head; indis- tinct tail segment of three whorls; callous glands only in males [BAIG et al. 2012]. 
CommentSynonymy partly after KHALIKOV & ANANJEVA (pers. comm.). Laudakia himalayana badakhshana (ANDERSON & LEVITON 1969) has been elevated to species status. Distribution not fixed accordingly.

Distribution: Records from SE Turkmenistan, eastward W Kyrgyzstan, and E Uzbekistan are usually L. bokhariensis. Not in India, despite the fact that the type locality has been considered as Indian territory. Has been reported from Nepal but without specific localities. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality in the himalayas. 
References
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