Laudakia vulgaris

Laudakia vulgaris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Iguania Parvordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Agaminae
Genus: Laudakia
Species: Laudakia vulgaris

Name

Laudakia vulgaris (Sonnini & Latreille, 1802)

Combinations

• Stellio vulgaris Sonnini & Latreille, 1802: 22 [original combination]
• Agama stellio vulgaris — Schmidt & Marx, 1956: 26 [subsequent combination]
• Stellagama stellio vulgaris — Baig, Wagner, Ananjeva & Böhme, 2012: 228 [subsequent combination]
• Laudakia vulgaris — Karameta, Lymberakis, Grillitsch, Ilgaz, Avci, Kumlutas, Candan, Wagner, Sfenthourakis, Pafilis & Poulakakis, 2022: 212 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Sonnini, C.-N.-S. & Latreille, P.-A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle des Reptiles, avec Figures Déssinnées d'après Nature. 4 volumes: 1, 2, 3, 4. Imprimerie de Crapelet, Chez Deterville libraire: Paris. Reference page. 
• Baig, K.J., Wagner, P., Ananjeva, N.B. & Böhme, W. 2012. A morphology-based taxonomic revision of Laudakia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Agamidae). Vertebrate Zoology 62(2): 213–260. PDF Reference page. 
• Karameta, E., Lymberakis, P., Grillitsch, H., Ilgaz, Ç., Avcı, A., Kumlutaş, Y., Candan, K., Wagner, P., Sfenthourakis, S., Pafilis, P. & Poulakakis, N. 2022. The story of a rock-star: multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation in the starred or roughtail rock agama, Laudakia stellio (Reptilia: Agamidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195(1): 195–219. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab107 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Laudakia vulgaris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 April 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Starred Agama