Phrynocephalus versicolor STRAUCH, 1876

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Agaminae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies	Phrynocephalus versicolor hispidus BEDRIAGA 1909 Phrynocephalus versicolor doriai BEDRIAGA 1909 Phrynocephalus versicolor kulagini BEDRIAGA 1909 Phrynocephalus versicolor versicolor STRAUCH 1876
Common Names	E: Tuvan Toad-headed Agama Russian: Пестрая круглоголовка Chinese: 变色沙蜥
Synonym	Phrynocephalus versicolor STRAUCH 1876: 18 Phrynocephalus versicolor — BOULENGER 1885: 374 Phrynocephalus guentheri BEDRIAGA 1906: 168 Phrynocephalus versicolor var. Siebenrocki BEDRIAGA 1909 Phrynocephalus blanfordi BEDRIAGA 1907 Phrynocephalus ciliaris BEDRIAGA 1907 Phrynocephalus versicolor var. hispida BEDRIAGA 1909: 331 Phrynocephalus versicolor var. Doriai BEDRIAGA 1909: 332 Phrynocephalus versicolor var. Siebenrocki BEDRIAGA 1909: 333 Phrynocephalus versicolor var. Bogdanowi BEDRIAGA 1909: 334 Phrynocephalus helioscopus var. levis KASHTCHENKO 1909: 122 Phrynocephalus versicolor var. siebenrocki VON BEDRIAGA 1909: 232 Phrynocephalus Potanini BEDRIAGA 1909: 389 Phrynocephalus pewzowi Phrynocephalus versicolor versicolor — NIKOLSKY 1915: 188 Phrynocephalus versicolor hispidus — NIKOLSKY 1915: 189 Phrynocephalus versicolor doriai — NIKOLSKY 1915: 190 Phrynocephalus versicolor siebenrocki — NIKOLSKY 1915: 191 Phrynocephalus versicolor bogdanowi — NIKOLSKY 1915: 191 Phrynocephalus rostralis ZAREVSKY 1930 Phrynocephalus parvulus ZAREVSKY 1927 (fide POPE 1935) Phrynocephalus stejnegeri BANNIKOV 1958: 78 (nomen nudum) Phrynocephalus versicolor — WERMUTH 1967: 89 Phrynocephalus immaculatus ZHAO 1995: 47 Phrynocephalus versicolor — WANG et al. 2003 Phrynocephalus (Phrynocephalus) versicolor versicolor — BARABANOV & ANANJEVA 2007 Phrynocephalus immaculatus — ANANJEVA 2011 Phrynocephalus versicolor hispidus BEDRIAGA 1909 Phrynocephalus versicolor hispida — TUNIYEV et al. 2014 Phrynocephalus versicolor kulagini BEDRIAGA 1909 Phrynocephalus versicolor var. Kulagini BEDRIAGA 1909: 329 Phrynocephalus versicolor kulagini — NIKOLSKY 1915: 189 Phrynocephalus (Phrynocephalus) versicolor kulagini — BARABANOV & ANANJEVA 2007 Phrynocephalus versicolor siebenrocki BEDRIAGA 1909 Phrynocephalus versicolor siebenrocki — MILTO & BARABANOV 2012: 165
Distribution	W China (Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Nei Mongol = Inner Mongolia), (Siberia), SE Russia (Tuva), Mongolia doriai: Chian (Zinjiang); Terra typica restricta: "See Ebi-nor" [= Ebinur Lake, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China]. hispida: Chian (Zinjiang); Terra typica restricta: "Dschungaria orientalis" [= Junggar Basin, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China]. kalugini: NW Mongolia and Tyva Autonomous Region, Russia. Terra typica restricta: Chirgis-nur Lake in northwestern Mongolia. Type locality: Alashan Desert, N China
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Lectotype: ZISP 3929.1 (designated by Peters, 1984: 36), Lectotype: ZISP 5117.1 (designated by Peters, 1984). “See Ebinor” [Ebinur lake, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China]. Leg: N. M. Przewalsky, 1878; however, Barabanov & Ananjeva 2007: 20 state that there is no type [doriai] Lectotype: ZISP 5840, designated by Peters, 1984), “Sabul bei Kirgis-Nor” [Chirgis-nur lake, Uvs province, Mongolia]. Leg: G. N. Potanin, 1889 [kulagini] Holotype: ZISP 5156, “zwischen Metschin-Ola und der Stadt Barkul” [between Mieh-Ch’eng-O-La Shan (about 30 km northeast of Barkol) and Barkol, approx. 43°55’ N 93°00 E, Barkol county, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China]. Leg: G. N. Potanin, 1878 [siebenrocki] Lectotype: ZISP 6637.1 (designated by Peters, 1984: 37) [hispidus]
Diagnosis
Comment	Golubev (1993) gives a description of P. v. hispida and P. v. doriai. Oviparous. Wang & Fu (2004) suggested to apply the name P. versicolor only to the populations in the northwestern part of its distribution area. Populations from Tengger Desert, Ordos highland, and further east include P. frontalis, P. przewalskii, and P. versicolor and should be called P. przewalskii. Some populations may contain a new species that remains to be described. Guo & Wang (2007) recognized populations in Kuytun, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as P. guttatus instead of P. versicolor. Synonymy after BARABANOV & ANANJEVA (2007) who consider doriai and hispidus as synonyms of versicolor (and thus recognize only 2 subspecies: versicolor and kulagini).
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Koslov au Tibet en 1899-1901 et en Mongolie et Sze-Tschwan 1907-1909 [in Russian with French title]. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sci- <br />ences de l’URSS, 1927: 303–306 Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here Wang, Y. & Fu, J. 2004. Cladogenesis and vicariance patterns in the toad-headed lizard Phrynocephalus versicolor species complex. Copeia 2004 (2): 199-206 - get paper here Wang, Yuezhao; Wang, Huizhao 1993. Geographic variation and diversity in three species of Phrynocephalus in the Tengger Desert, Western China. Asiatic Herpetological Research 5: 65-73 - get paper here Yadamsuren, Oyunchuluun; James D. 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External links	IUCN Red List - Phrynocephalus versicolor - Least Concern, LC National Center for Biotechnology Information http://hotcity.com/~vladimir/deserts.htm Google images

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