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Laudakia agrorensis (STOLICZKA, 1872)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Agror agama 
SynonymStellio agrorensis STOLICZKA 1872: 128
Agama agrorensis — BOULENGER 1885: 363
Agama agrorensis — SMITH 1935: 216
Agama agrorensis — WERMUTH 1967: 7
Laudakia agrorensis — DAS 1996: 44
Laudakia agrorensis — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Laudakia agrorensis — BAIG et al. 2012: 241 
DistributionE Afghanistan, NW India (Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Kashmir), N Pakistan, elevation 700-1300 m.

Type locality: Sussel Pass, at the entrance into Agror Valley, elevation 6000 feet, Hazara district, NW Punjab.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntype: ZSI 4206, NMW; other specimens: FMNH 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Head scales strongly carinated; tail twice or more than SVL; 8–10 rows of strongly keeled vertebral scales; distinct patch of strongly mucronate scales on flanks; tail segment of three whorls; callous glands present in both sexes [BAIG et al. 2012].


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CommentReference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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  • Anderson, S. C. & A. E. Leviton 1969. Amphibians and reptiles collected by the Street expedition to Afghanistan, 1965. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 37: 25-56 - get paper here
  • Baig K J 1989. A new species of Agama (Sauria: Agamidae) from northern Pakistan. BULLETIN OF THE KITAKYUSHU MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (No. 9) 1989: 117-122
  • Baig, Khalid Javed; Philipp Wagner, Natalia B. Ananjeva & Wolfgang Böhme 2012. A morphology-based taxonomic revision of Laudakia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Agamidae). Vertebrate Zoology 62 (2): 213-260 - get paper here
  • Baig,K.J. & Böhme,W. 1995. Partition of the Stellio-group of Agama. 8th Ord. Gen. Meet. Soc. Europ. Herpet.: 36
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here
  • Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Taylor & Francis, London, xviii, 541 pp. - get paper here
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  • Stoliczka, F. 1872. Notes on some new species of Reptilia and Amphibia collected by Dr. W. Waagen in north-Western Punjab. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 1872: 124-131 - get paper here
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