Laudakia melanura melanura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Agaminae
Genus: Laudakia
Species: Laudakia melanura
Subspecies: Laudakia melanura melanura

Name

• Laudakia melanura melanura Blyth, 1854: 738

Type locality: “Kashmir and upon the Punjab Salt Range”.

Combinations

• Stellio melanurus — Anderson, 1871: 189 [subsequent combination]
• Agama melanura — Boulenger, 1885: 363 [subsequent combination]
• Agama melanura melanura — Mertens, 1969 [subsequent combination, first use as subspecies]

Synonyms

• Stellio liratus Blanford, 1874: 453 [synonymized by Smith (1935: 218) and Baig et al. (2012: 243)]

Holotype: ZSI 3410.

Type locality: “Gedrosia (Baluchistán) haud procul a litore”, designed as “Saman, Dasht Province, Baluchistan” by Smith (1935: 218).

References

Primary references

• Blyth, E. 1854. [Proceedings of the Society. Report of the Curator, Zoological Department]. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 23: 737–740. BHL
• Blanford, W.T. 1874. Descriptions of new lizards from Persia and Baluchistán. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4 13(78): 453–455. DOI: 10.1080/00222937408680903 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Laudakia melanura. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2019.