Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus BOULENGER, 1887
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Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Yellow-speckled toad-headed agama |
Synonym | Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus BOULENGER 1887: 497 Phrynocephalus luteo-guttatus — ALCOCK & FINN 1897 Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus — SMITH 1935: 235 Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus — WERMUTH 1967: 83 Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus — KHAN 1980: 132 Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus — KHAN 1999 Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus — ANDERSON 1999: 89 Phrynocephalus (Phrynocephalus) luteoguttatus — BARABANOV & ANANJEVA 2007 Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 Phrynocephalus (Microphrynocephalus) luteoguttatus — SOLOVYEVA et al. 2014 |
Distribution | SW Afghanistan, SW Pakistan (Baluchistan) Type locality: between Nushki and Helmand (border between Afghanistan and Baluchistan). |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.28.44-49 (was BMNH 86.9.21.62-64) and BMNH 1946.8.28.36-38 (was BMNH 86.9.21.69-71); ZISP 7363 (was BMNH cnu). |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: About 30 scales from eye to eye across head; nasals in contact or partly separated; nostrils directed more or less directly forward; dorsal scales heterogeneous, enlarged scales strongly keeled, imbricate, flat, not tuberculate, posterior border not sharply upturned; sides of back of head and neck with long, flat, upturned fringe-like scales; both sides of fourth toe with long, well-developed fringes. Tail 85-102 percent of snout-vent length (Anderson 1999: 89). Color pattern: Dorsum yellowish brown to pale buff, with black dots and grayish reticulum enclosing pale yellow or golden spots; sides sometimes blackish, a blackish streak along outer side ofleg present or absent; venter whitish (pink in life). Tip of tail with black crossbars or asymmetrical spots on lower surface (juveniles), or entire tip (more than distal third) black (adults). Boulenger (1889a, pI. 8, fig. 4) shows colors in life. In preserved specimens (from Afghanistan) a pink tinge is still visible in light areas on under side of tail (Anderson 1999: 89). |
Comment | Not in India according to KHAN 1999. DAS (1997) mentions it but presently doubtful for India. Not in Iran fide ŠMÍD et al. 2014 (lizard checklist Iran). |
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