Paralaudakia microlepis

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: Paralaudakia
Species: Paralaudakia microlepis
Subspecies (2): P. m. microlepis – P. m. taftanica

Name

• Paralaudakia microlepis (Blanford, 1874)

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.28.74. [designated by Rastegar-Poyani & Nilson (2002: 100)]

Type locality: “montibus Persia meridionalis”, restricted to “Iran, Khaneh-Sorkh Pass, between Sirjan and Kerman” by Rastegar-Poyani & Nilson (2002: 99).

Paralectotype (3): BMNH 1946.8.28.75-77.

Combinations

• Stellio microlepis Blanford, 1874: 453 [original combination]
• Agama microlepis — Boulenger, 1885: 366 [subsequent combination]
• Paralaudakia microlepis — Baig et al., 2012: 237 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• Sanchooli, N., Rastegar-Pouyani, E. & Hosseinian, S. 2018. Genetic variability among Paralaudakia microlepis (Blanford, 1874) (Sauria: Agamidae) populations in the Iranian Plateau. Zootaxa 4526(2): 245–250. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.2.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Paralaudakia microlepis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 May 2019.
• Shafiei Bafti, S., Papenfuss, T., Sharifi, M., Anderson, S. & Ananjeva, N. 2017. IUCN: Paralaudakia microlepis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T164597A48636682. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T164597A48636682.en

Vernacular names

English: Small-scaled Rock Agama