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Taxonomy of the genus Laudakia Biodiversity of the family Agamidae

Bibliography of the genus
Laudakia (Asian Rock Agamas)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Laudakia in general

Amer, S.A.M. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of Laudakia, Trapelus and Agama (Agamidae: Reptilia) inhabiting North Africa. Egyptian Journal of Zoology 44: 1-12.

Ananjeva, N.B.; Iohanssen, L.K.; Dujsebayeva, T.N. 2000. Skin receptors of Laudakia (Agamidae, Sauria) with some comments about scalation of Asian rock agamids. Russian Journal of Herpetology 7(1): 51-60.

Ananjeva, N.B.; Tuniev, B.S. 1994. Some aspects of historical biogeography of Asian rock agamids. Russian Journal of Herpetology 1(1): 42-52.

Baig, K.J. 1992. Systematic studies of the Stellio group of Agama (Sauria: Agamidae). Ph.D. thesis, University of Islamabad. 287 pp.

Baig, K.J.; Böhme, W. 1991. Callous scalation in female agamid lizards (Stellio group of Agama) and its functional implications. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 42(3-4): 275-281.

Baig, K.J.; Böhme, W. 1997. Partition of the "Stellio" group of Agama into two distinct genera: Acanthocercus Fitzinger, 1843, and Laudakia Gray, 1845 (Sauria: Agamidae). pp. 21-25. In: Böhme, W.; Bischoff, W. & Ziegler, T. (eds.). Herpetologia Bonnensis. Proceedings of the 8th Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 23-27 August 1995, Bonn, Germany. Societas Europaea Herpetologica, Bonn. 414 pp.

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.

Dieckmann, M.; Barts, M. 2017. Wirtelschwanzagamen. Die Gattungen Laudakia, Paralaudakia and Stellagama. epubli, Berlin. 416 pp.

Dieckmann, M./ Barts, M. 2018. Wirtelschwanzagamen. Die Gattungen Laudakia, Paralaudakia and Stellagama. 2nd rev. ed. epubli, Berlin. 232 pp.

Henle, K. 1995. A brief review of the origin and use of "stellio" in herpetology and a comment on the nomenclature and taxonomy of agamids of the genus Agama (sensu lato) (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae). Herpetozoa 8(1-2): 3-9.

Hoser, R.T. 2012. A five-way division of the agamid genus Laudakia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 14: 17-23.

Panov, E.N.; Zykova, L.Y. 2016. Rock Agamas of Eurasia. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow. 325 pp.

Peters, G. 1971. Die Wirtelschwänze Zentralasiens (Agamidae: Agama). Ergebnisse der Mongolisch-Deutschen biologischen Expeditionen seit 1962, no. 59. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 47: 357-381.

Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Nilson, G. 2002. Taxonomy and biogeography of the Iranian species of Laudakia (Sauria: Agamidae). Zoology in the Middle East 26: 93-122.

Laudakia agrorensis

Acharji, M.N.; Kripalani, M.B. 1952. On a collection of Reptilia and Batrachia from the Kangra and Kulu Valleys, western Himalayas. Records of the Indian Museum 49: 175-184.

Manhas, A.; Raina, R.; Wanganeo, A. 2018. Observations of Agror Agamas, Laudakia agrorensis (Stoliczka 1872) (Sauria: Agamidae), in the Doda District, Jammu and Kashmir, India. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 25(1): 52–54.

Masroor, R. 2011. An annotated checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Margalla Hills National Park, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 43(6): 1041-1048.

Mertens, R. 1959. Über einige seltene Eidechsen aus West-Pakistan. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 12: 307-310.

Laudakia bochariensis

Ananjeva, N.B.; Peters, G.; Rzepakovsky, V.T. 1981. [New species of the mountain agamas from Tadjikistan, Agama chernovi sp. nov]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 101: 23-27.

Cherlin, V.A.; Chikin, Y.A. 1991. [To thermal biology of lizards of the mountain regions of Uzbekistan]. (In Russian, English summary). Gerpetologicheskie Issledovaniya 1: 119-129, 173.

Golubev, M.L. 1998. Agama chernovi is a junior synonym of Stellio bochariensis (Sauria: Agamidae). Hamadryad 22(2): 119-120.

Khabibullob, M.R. 1990. [The agamid lizard Stellio chernovi (Sauria, Agamidae) in Kugitang. Communication 3. Ecologo-biological aspects of activity]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1990(2): 50-57.

Khabibullov, M.R. 1987. [Spreading of Kugitangtau Crest Reptilia and some their adaptation to the conditions of highland]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1987(5): 36-41.

Khabibullov, M.R. 1989. [Stellio chernovi (Sauria, Agamidae) - in the Kugitang]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1989(1): 28-35.

Khabibullov, M.R. 1989. [The agamid lizard Stellio chernovi (Sauria, Agamidae) in the Kugitang area. Communication 2. Behaviour]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1989(3): 47-53.

Kupriyanova, L.A. 1984. [Karyotypes of three species of the agamid lizards]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 124: 115-118.

Nikolsky, A.M. 1897. Stellio bochariensis, n. sp. Annuaire Mus. St. Petersb. 1897: 159-161.

Laudakia caucasia

Aliev, T.R. 1977. [On the lizard fauna of the northern slopes of the Little Caucasus ridges in western Azerbaidjan]. p. 7. In: Darevsky, I.S. [Fourth All-Union Herpetological Conference. Questions in Herpetology]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Zoologicheskij Institut. Izdatel'stvo 'Nauka', Leningrad. 243 pp. (In Russian).

Ananjeva, N.B.; Ataev, C. 1984. [Stellio caucasius triannulatus ssp. nov. - a new subspecies of the Caucasian agama from south-western Turkmenia]. (In Russian). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 124: 4-11.

Ananjeva, N.B.; Danielyan, F.D. 1987. [Seasonal migrations of the Caucasian agama, Stellio caucasicus Eichwald, 1831 in Armenia]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 158: 33-38.

Ananjeva, N.B.; Danov, R.A. 1991. A rare case of bifurcated caudal regeneration in the Caucasian agama, Stellio caucasius. Amphibia-Reptilia 12(3): 343-346.

Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlova, V.F. 1979. [Distribution and geographic variability of Agama caucasia (Eichwald, 1831)]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 89: 4-17.

Ataev, C.A. 1993. [On the present habitation of the Caucasian agama and the Khorasan stellion in eastern Kopetdag]. (In Russian). (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenistana Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 2: 63.

Atayev, C. 1974. Features of hibernation of Agama caucasica in the conditions of the Kopet-Dag Range. Ekologiya 1974(2): 76-78.

Baran, I.; Kasparek, M.; Oz, M. 1989. On the distribution of four species of agama (Agamidae) in Turkey. Zoology in the Middle East 3: 37-46.

Cheatsazan, H.; Kami, H.G.; Kiabi, B.H.; Rabani, V. 2006. Sexual dimorphism in the Caucasian rock agama, Laudakia caucasia (Sauria: Agamidae). Zoology in the Middle East 39: 63-68.

Danielyan, F.D.; Grigoryan, E.S. 1975. [On the numbers and migration of Agama caucasica (Eichw.) in Armenia]. pp. 62-63. (In Russian). In: [Materials from the conference 'Fauna and its conservation in the republics of the Caucasus', 23-28 September 1975]. Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology, Izdatel'stvo AN Armenian SSR, Yerevan.

Dezfoulian, R.; Mebert, K.; Mahmoud, K.; Kaboli, M.; Ahmadzadeh, F. 2012. Habitat factors determining the distribution of the Caucasian Agama, Laudakia caucasia, (Squamata: Agamidae) in the Sorkh-e-Hesar National Park, Tehran province, Iran. Journal of Natural History 46(43-44): 2735-2747.

Ergül, K.T.; Altunisik, A.; Gül, C.; Tosunoglu, M.; Özdemir, N. 2017. Age structure of the Caucasian Agama (Paralaudakia caucasia) from Elmadag, Igdir, Turkey: preliminary data from small sample size. Russian Journal of Herpetology 24(4): 318-322.

Hutwalker, A. 2017. Herpetologische Eindrücke einer Wanderreise im zentralen Elbursgebirge, Nordiran. Sauria (Berlin) 39(3): 25-30.

Ilgaz, C.; Baran, I.; Avci, A.; Olgun, K.; Kumlutas, Y. 2005. On Laudakia caucasia (Eichwald, 1831) (Sauria: Agamidae: Laudakia) specimens collected from northeastern Anatolia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 12(3): 183-186.

Langerwerf, B. 1983. Über die Haltung und Zucht von Agama caucasia (Eichwald, 1831) (Sauria: Agamidae), nebst Bemerkungen zur erfolgreichen Zucht weiterer paläarktischer Echsen. Salamandra 19(1-2): 11-20.

Langerwerf, B. 1984. Techniques for large-scale breeding of lizards from temperate climates in greenhouse enclosures (breeding many species of lizards in captivity, aiming the maintenance of populations of each species outside their natural habitat). Acta Zoologica et Pathologica Antverpiensia 78: 163-176.

Ledentsov, A.V.; Melkumyan, L.S. 1987. [On longevity and growth rate in amphibians and reptiles in Armenia]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 158: 105-110.

Lorenz, D. 2006. Über Haltung und Zucht von Laudakia caucasia (Eichwald, 1831) im Freilandterrarium in Sachsen. Elaphe 14(4): 21-24.

Lorenz, D. 2011. Haltung, Nachzucht und Verhalten von Kaukasusagamen. Elaphe 19(1): 46-50.

Macey, J.R.; Schulte, J.A.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Larson, A.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Shammakov, S.M.; Papenfuss, T.J. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships among agamid lizards of the Laudakia caucasia species group: testing hypotheses of biogeographic fragmentation and an area cladogram for the Iranian Plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10(1): 118-131.

Macey, J.R.; Schulte, J.A.; Kami, H.G.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Larson, A.; Papenfuss, T.J. 2000. Testing hypotheses of vicariance in the agamid lizard Laudakia caucasia from mountain ranges on the northern Iranian Plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 14(3): 479-483.

Madel, G.; Klockenhoff, H. 1972. Beobachtungen an Kaukasus-Agamen, Agama c. caucasica (Eichwald 1831) in Afghanistan. Aqua Terra 9(1): 3-7.

Mazanaeva, L.; Ananjeva, N.B. 2016. New data on habitats and distribution of the Caucasian Agama, Paralaudakia caucasia (Eichwald, 1831) in Dagestan. Russian Journal of Herpetology 23(4): 293-304.

Muskhelishvili, T.A. 1969. Materials for the study of Agama caucasica Eichwald reproduction in Georgia. Bulletin Acad. Sci. Georgian SSR 54: 729-732.

Obst, F.J. 1958. Hinweise zur Pflege einiger mittelasiatischer Echsen. DATZ (Die Aquarien- und Terrarien-Zeitschrift) 11: 149-151.

Orlowa, W.F. 1981. Agama caucasia (Eichwald 1831) - Kaukasus-Agame. pp. 136-148. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1. Echsen (Sauria) 1. (Gekkonidae, Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae, Anguidae, Amphisbaenidae, Scincidae, Lacertidae 1). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden. 520 pp.

Panov, E.N.; Zykova, L.Y. 1985. [Comparative biology of the steppe and Caucasus agama (Agama sanguinolenta, A. caucasica) from the River Sumbar Basin (western Kopetdag)]. pp. 185-204. (In Russian). In: Nechaevaya, N.T. (ed.). [The vegetation and animal world of western Kopetdag.] Ylym, Ashkhabad. 277 pp.

Panov, E.N.; Zykova, L.Y. 1993. [Social organization and demography of Caucasian agama, Stellio caucasius (Squamata, Agamidae)]. (In Russian). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 72(6): 74-93.

Panov, E.N.; Zykova, L.Y. 1995. [Parapatric hybridization in Laudakia caucasica (Reptilia, Agamidae) complex in south-western Turkmenistan]. (In Russian, English summary). Uspekhi Sovremennoi Biologii 115(6): 655-668.

Panov, E.N.; Zykova, L.Y. 1995. [Variability and differentiation of populations in Laudakia caucasia (Reptilia, Agamidae) complex]. (In Russian, English summary). Uspekhi Sovremennoi Biologii 115(3): 293-315.

Panov, E.N.; Zykova, L.Y. 1995. Social organization and demography in the rock agama, Stellio caucasius. Asiatic Herpetological Research 6: 97-110.

Panov, E.N.; Zykova, L.Y. 1996. [Resource partitioning and disturbance of ethological isolation in mixed population of Laudakia caucasica and L. erythrogastra (Sauria: Agamidae)]. (In Russian, English summary). Uspekhi Sovremennoi Biologii 116(1): 104-120.

Panov, E.N.; Zykova, L.Y. 1999. Social behavior and communication in rock agama Laudakia caucasia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 6(3): 215-230.

Panov, E.N.; Zykova, L.Y.; Gauzer, M.E.; Vasilyev, V.I. 1987. [The intergradation zone for different forms of the Stellio caucasius complex in the south-western Turkmenia]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 66(3): 402-411.

Petzold, H.G. 1960. Interessante mittelasiatische Eidechsenarten im Tierpark Berlin. Aquarien Terrarien 6: 373-377.

Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Afroosheh, M. 2011. Comparative studies on lizards based on the cranial osteology of Lacerta media and Laudakia caucasia (Squamata: Sauria). Russian Journal of Herpetology 18(1): 17-28.

Reed, C.A. 1956. Temporary bipedal locomotion in the lizard Agama caucasica in Iraq. Herpetologica 12: 128.

Rustamov, A.K.; Ataev, C.A. 2003. [About size of population of Laudakia caucaisius (Eichwald, 1831) (Saura, Agamidae) and its dynamics in foothills of Kopetdag]. (In Russian, English summary). Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii 108(5): 75-77.

Schleich, H.H. 1979. Feldherpetologische Beobachtungen in Persien, nebst morphologischen Daten zu den Agamen Agama agilis, A. caucasica and A. erythrogaster. (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae). Salamandra 15(4): 237-253.

Schleich, H.H. 1979. Geographic distribution: Agama caucasica (Caucasian Agama). Iran: Tehran. Herpetological Review 10(2): 60.

Schneeweiss, N. 1997. Vergesellschaftung von Kaukasusagamen Laudakia caucasia und Steinsperlingen Petronia petronia im Schlafquartier. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 19(110): 4.

Tereshchenko, V.S. 1991. [Sexual dimorphism of the postcranial skeleton in lizards of family Agamidae (Lacertilia)]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 70(10): 91-103.

Wegner, U. 1990. Kaukasusagamen (Stellio caucasia Eichwald 1831) im Terrarium. Sauria (Berlin) 12(2): 7-9.

Yenmis, M.; Dinçer, A.; Sherbrooke, W.C.; Vesely, M. 2016. A comparative behavioural and structural study of rain-harvesting and non-rain-harvesting agamid lizards of Anatolia (Turkey). Zoomorphology (Berlin) 135(1): 137-148.

Yousefkhani, S.S.H.; Gentile, F.F.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Rastegar-Pouyani, E.; Masroor, R. 2013. Environmental suitability and distribution of the Caucasian Rock Agama, Paralaudakia caucasia (Sauna: Agamidae) in Western and Central Asia. Asian Herpetological Research 4(3): 207-213.

Yousefkhani, S.S.H.; Yousefi, M.; Mohammadpour, A.; Masroor, R.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N. 2014. Phenotypic variation in males of the agamid lizard Paralaudakia caucasia (Eichwald, 1831) across a wide geographic range. Herpetologica 70(4): 464-471.

Zander, A. 1895. Einige transkaspische Reptilien. Zoologische Garten 36: 297-305.

Zykova, L.Y.; Panov, E.N. 1991. [Long-term study of growth of Caucasian agama Stellio caucasius]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 70(12): 81-90.

Zykova, L.Y.; Panov, E.N. 1993. [Evidence of hybridization between Caucasus agama (Stellio caucasius Eichwald, 1831) and khorasan agama (Stellio erythrogaster Nikolsky, 1896)]. (In Russian, English summary). Sborník Trudov Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Mgu 30: 214-219.

Zykova, L.Y.; Panov, Y.N. 1990. [On possible hybridization between the agamas Stellio caucasius and S. erythrogaster]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 69(7): 103-106.

Zylka, A. 1994. [Stellio caucasia]. (In Polish). Wszechswiat 95(11): 280-281.

Laudakia erythrogastra

Aghili, H.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Rajabizadeh, M.; Kami, H.G.; Kiabi, B.H. 2010. Sexual dimorphism in Laudakia erythrogastra (Sauria: Agamidae) from Khorasan Razavi Province, northeastern Iran. Russian Journal of Herpetology 17(1): 51-58.

Ataev, C.A. 1993. [On the present habitation of the Caucasian agama and the Khorasan stellion in eastern Kopetdag]. (In Russian). (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenistana Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 2: 63.

Ataev, C.A.; Tuniev, B.S.; Shammakov, S.M. 1991. [A new location for Stellio erythrogaster in the eastern Kopet Dag]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1991(3): 77-78.

Gorelov, Y.K.; Lukarevsky, V.S. 1990. [Stellio erythrogaster Nikolsky, Agamidae, Sauria in the Soviet part of eastern Kopet Dag]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1990(6): 63.

Kamalova, Z.Y. 1975. [On the ecology of Khorasan agama (Agama erythrogastra Nik.) in south eastern Turkmenia.] pp. 63-66. (In Russian). In: Khairutdinov, K.S. & Devletshina, A.G. (eds.). [Ecology and biology of the animals of Uzbekistan. 2. Vertebrates.] Fan, Tashkent. 191 pp.

Kamalova, Z.Y. 1979. [On the reproduction biology of the mountain species of Agama of Central Asia]. (In Russian). Uzbekskii Biologicheskii Zhurnal 1979(1): 50-53.

Macey, J.R.; Schulte, J.A.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Larson, A.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Shammakov, S.M.; Papenfuss, T.J. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships among agamid lizards of the Laudakia caucasia species group: testing hypotheses of biogeographic fragmentation and an area cladogram for the Iranian Plateau. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10(1): 118-131.

Panov, E.N.; Zykova, L.Y. 1996. [Resource partitioning and disturbance of ethological isolation in mixed population of Laudakia caucasica and L. erythrogastra (Sauria: Agamidae)]. (In Russian, English summary). Uspekhi Sovremennoi Biologii 116(1): 104-120.

Papenfuss, T.J.; Shafiei Bafti, S.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlov, N.L. 2010. Paralaudakia erythrogaster. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T164645A5915348. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T164645A5915348.en.

Schleich, H.H. 1979. Feldherpetologische Beobachtungen in Persien, nebst morphologischen Daten zu den Agamen Agama agilis, A. caucasica and A. erythrogaster. (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae). Salamandra 15(4): 237-253.

Smirnov, S.V.; Vasiljev, B.D. 1977. [Territoriality and courtship behaviour in Agama erythrogaster.] (In Russian). Priroda (Moscow) 1977(7): 48-49.

Tereshchenko, V.S. 1991. [Sexual dimorphism of the postcranial skeleton in lizards of family Agamidae (Lacertilia)]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 70(10): 91-103.

Zykova, L.Y.; Panov, E.N. 1993. [Evidence of hybridization between Caucasus agama (Stellio caucasius Eichwald, 1831) and khorasan agama (Stellio erythrogaster Nikolsky, 1896)]. (In Russian, English summary). Sborník Trudov Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Mgu 30: 214-219.

Zykova, L.Y.; Panov, E.N. 1993. [Notes on social organization and behaviour of Khorosan agama, Stellio erythrogaster, in Badkhyz]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 72(5): 148-151.

Zykova, L.Y.; Panov, Y.N. 1990. [On possible hybridization between the agamas Stellio caucasius and S. erythrogaster]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 69(7): 103-106.

Laudakia himalayana

Ananjeva, N.B.; Peters, G.; Macey, J.R.; Papenfuss, T.J. 1990. Stellio sacra (Smith 1935) - a distinct species of Asiatic rock agamid from Tibet. Asiatic Herpetological Research 3: 104-115.

Ananjeva, N.B.; Peters, G.; Rzepakovsky, V.T. 1981. [New species of the mountain agamas from Tadjikistan, Agama chernovi sp. nov]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 101: 23-27.

Danilina, G.D. 1985. [To comparative ecology of Kugitang agamas]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1985(5): 63-66.

Ficetola, G.F.; Crottini, A.; Casiraghi, M.; Padoa-Schioppa, E. 2010. New data on amphibians and reptiles of the northern Areas of Pakistan: distribution, genetic variability and conservation issues. North-Western Journal of Zoology 6(1): 1-12.

Fläschendräger, A.; Hoffmann, M.H. 2018. Anmerkungen zur Höhenverbreitung von Paralaudakia himalayana (Steindachner, 1867). Sauria (Berlin) 40(3): 75-77.

Kamalova, Z.Y. 1979. [On the reproduction biology of the mountain species of Agama of Central Asia]. (In Russian). Uzbekskii Biologicheskii Zhurnal 1979(1): 50-53.

Kupriyanova, L.A. 1984. [Karyotypes of three species of the agamid lizards]. (In Russian, English summary). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 124: 115-118.

Luzhin, B.P. 1955. [Agama himalayana in Alaisk Valley (Pamir)]. (In Russian). Trud. Inst. zool. Peros. Kirgiz Acad. Sci. 3: 61-63.

Sharma, B.D. 1971. The lacertilian fauna of Poonch Valley (J & K). Gurukula Kangri Vishwavid. J. scient. Res. 3: 82-83.

Tereshchenko, V.S. 1991. [Sexual dimorphism of the postcranial skeleton in lizards of family Agamidae (Lacertilia)]. (In Russian, English summary). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 70(10): 91-103.

Vashetko, E.V.; Kamalova, Z.Y.; Yadgarov, T. 1974. [Systematic review of vertebrates. Reptilia.] pp. 60-84. (In Russian). In: Sultanov, G.S. (Ed.) (Vertebrates of the Fergana Valley). Fan, Tashkent. 217 pp.

Wagner, P. 2014. Das Porträt zum Titelbild: Paralaudakia himalayana (Steindachner, 1867). Himalaja Agame, Himalayan Agama. Sauria (Berlin) 36(2): 1-2.

Laudakia lehmanni

Ananjeva, N.B.; Golynsky, E.A. 2013. [Analysis of distribution of the Turkestan Rock Agama, Paralaudakia lehmanni (Nikolsky, 1896): using of Maxent modelling]. (In Russian). Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta 317(4): 426-437.

Anderson, S.C.; Papenfuss, T.J. 2010. Paralaudakia lehmanni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T170408A6778428. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T170408A6778428.en.

Böhme, W.; Esser, S.; Wagner, P. 2013. Zur Kenntnis der zentralasiatischen Wirtelschwanzagame Paralaudakia lehmanni (Nikolsky, 1896) und ihrer Nachzucht im Tierhaus des Zoologischen Forschungsmuseums Alexander Koenig (ZFMK) in Bonn. Sauria (Berlin) 35(2): 45-50.

Cherlin, V.A.; Chikin, Y.A. 1991. [To thermal biology of lizards of the mountain regions of Uzbekistan]. (In Russian, English summary). Gerpetologicheskie Issledovaniya 1: 119-129, 173.

Danilina, G.D. 1985. [To comparative ecology of Kugitang agamas]. (In Russian, English summary). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Turkmenskoi SSR Seriya Biologicheskikh Nauk 1985(5): 63-66.

Dujsebayeva, T.N. 2010. [Short review of last changes in the checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Kazakhstan]. pp. 37-52. In: Duisebayeva, T.N.; Zima, I.A. & Chirikova, M.A. (eds.). Gerpetologicheskie Issledovaniya v Kazakhstane i sopredelnykh stranakh [Herpetological researches in Kazakhstan and adjacent countries]. ASBK & SOPKI, Almaty. 255 pp. (In Russian).

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Kamalova, Z.Y. 1979. [On the reproduction biology of the mountain species of Agama of Central Asia]. (In Russian). Uzbekskii Biologicheskii Zhurnal 1979(1): 50-53.

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Laudakia nuristanica

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