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Laudakia melanura BLYTH, 1854

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesLaudakia melanura lirata (BLANDORD 1874)
Laudakia melanura melanura BLYTH 1854
Laudakia melanura nasiri BAIG 1999 
Common NamesE: Black agama 
SynonymLaudakia (Placoderma) melanura BLYTH 1854: 738
Stellio melanurus — ANDERSON 1871: 189
Laudakia (Plocederma) melanura — ANDERSON 1871: 189 (in error)
Agama melanura — BOULENGER 1885: 363
Agama melanura — HORA & CHOPRA 1923
Agama melanura — SMITH 1935: 218
Agama melanura — ANDERSON 1963: 475
Agama melanura HAAS & WERNER 1969
Laudakia melanura — DAS 1996: 44
Laudakia melanura — BARTS & WILMS 2003

Laudakia melanura lirata (BLANDORD 1874)
Stellio liratus BLANDORD 1874: 453 (fide SMITH 1935)
Agama lirata — BOULENGER 1885: 364
Agama lirata — PROCTER 1923: 123
Agama melanura lirata — MERTENS 1969
Laudakia lirata — KHAN 2004
Laudakia melanura lyrata — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Laudakia melanura lirata — RAJABIZADEH & RASTEGAR-POUYANI 2009
Laudakia melanura lirata — HEIDARI & KAMI et al. 2009
Laudakia melanura lirata — HEIDARI & KAMI 2010
Laudakia lirata — KHAN et al. 2014
Laudakia melanura lirata — HABEEB 2018
Laudakia lirata — SAFI & KARL 2024

Laudakia melanura melanura (BLYTH 1854)
Laudakia (Placoderma) melanura BLYTH 1854: 738
Laudakia melanura melanura — BAIG et al. 2012: 243

Laudakia melanura nasiri BAIG 1999
Laudakia melanura nasiri — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Laudakia melanura nasiri — BAIG et al. 2012: 244
Laudakia melanura nasiri — KHAN 2017 
DistributionIran, Pakistan

melanura: Pakistan (Salt Range in N Punjab, Waziristan in NW Frontier province, W Sind and Baluchistan provinces), SE Iran, SE Afghanistan. Type locality: Kashmir (Salt Range, Punjab, fide SMITH 1935)

nasiri: S Pakistan (Toba Kakar Range, Balochistan, Pakistan, elevation 2300-2400 m elevation). Type locality: “Tanishpa, Dist. Killa Saifullah, Toba Kakar Range, Balochistan, Pakistan; 31° 12’ N, 68° 28’ E, elevation 2320 m.” Only known from the type locality [BAIG et al. 2012].

lirata: Pakistan, Iran; Type locality: “Gedrosia, Baluchistan” (= Saman, Dasht Province, Baluchistan, fide SMITH 1935).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesTypes: unlocated (ANDERSON 1999)
Holotype: ZSI 3410 [lirata]
Holotype: PMNH 735, female, collected by K. J. Baig 1997. [nasiri] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Size large; head and body dorsolaterally depressed; nostril on canthus rostralis; spinose scales on the sides of head greatly reduced; vertebral enlarged scales smooth or keeled; no patch of enlarged mucro- nate scales on flanks; tail long; tail segment inconsist- ent, starts with 2 – 3 whorls and gradually changes into 5, sometimes 6 in terminal part; callous glands present in males both at precloacal and abdominal positions [BAIG et al. 2012].


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CommentSynonymy: mostly after BAIG et al. 2012.

Types: (for L. viridis var. woosnami)

Distribution: not in India fide Mohapatra et al. 2024 (ZSI checklist), but previously listed for India (NW Punjab) by some authors. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek melanos (μέλανος), black, for the dark color of the species and the tail in particular, from Greek oura (ουρα), tail. 
References
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