Laudakia cypriaca (DAAN, 1967)
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Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Cyprus Rock Agama G: Zypern-Hardun |
Synonym | Stellio cyprius FITZINGER 1843: 85 (nomen nudum fide ANDERSON 1898) Stellio cordylina GÜNTHER 1879: 741 (nomen nudum) Agama stellio cypriaca DAAN 1967: 127 Laudakia stellio cypriaca — GÖCMEN et al. 2003 Laudakia stellio cypriaca — KABISCH 2008 Stellagama stellio cypriaca — BAIG et al. 2012: 225 Laudakia stellio cypriaca — SCHNEIDER 2020 Laudakia cypriaca — KARAMETA et al. 2022 |
Distribution | Cyprus Type locality: “Limasol, Cyprus.” |
Reproduction | oviparous. Exhibits temperature‐dependent sex determination (TSD) fide Cornejo-Páramo et al. 2020 (and references therein). |
Types | Holotype: BMNH 1930.10.5.6 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (cypriaca). Head only slightly depressed with swollen cheeks; vertebral scales heterogeneous, irregular, keeled, larger than other dorsal scales, mid-vertebral scales moderately large and sometimes interrupted by transverse rows of highly enlarged mucronate scales; tail at least one and half times the distance of snout-vent; yellowish vertebral bloches rarely visible; tail segment of two which changes into three in distal half; 3–5 rows of precloacal callous glands and a stripe at the abdomen in males only [BAIG et al. 2012] |
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Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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