Laudakia
# Laudakia

Laudakia is a genus of lizards, commonly known as Asian rock agamas, in the family Agamidae. The genus is found mostly in Asia, with some species in Southern Europe.

## Taxonomy

Some species of Laudakia, sensu lato, are now recognized in the new genera Paralaudakia found in Eurasia. For African agamas see the genera Agama and Acanthocercus.

## Species and subspecies

Listed alphabetically.

* Laudakia agrorensis (Stoliczka, 1872) – Agror agama
* Laudakia cypriaca (Daan, 1967) – Cyprus rock agama
* Laudakia dayana (Stoliczka, 1871) – Haridwar agama
* Laudakia melanura Blyth, 1854 – black agama
* Laudakia nupta (De Filippi, 1843) – large-scaled (rock) agama
   * Laudakia nupta nupta (De Filippi, 1843)
   * Laudakia nupta fusca (Blanford, 1876)
* Laudakia nuristanica (S. Anderson & Leviton, 1969) – Leviton's rock agama
* Laudakia pakistanica (Baig, 1989) – Pakistani agama
   * Laudakia pakistanica pakistanica (Baig, 1989)
   * Laudakia pakistanica auffenbergi Baig & Böhme, 1996
   * Laudakia pakistanica khani Baig & Böhme, 1996
* Laudakia papenfussi Zhao, 1998 – Papenfuss's rock agama
* Laudakia sacra (M.A. Smith, 1935) – Anan's rock agama
* Laudakia stellio (Linnaeus, 1758) – starred agama, roughtail rock agama
   * Laudakia stellio daani (Beutler & Frör, 1980)
   * Laudakia stellio stellio (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Laudakia tuberculata (Gray, 1827) – tuberculated agama, Kashmir rock agama
* Laudakia vulgaris (Sonnini & Latreille, 1801) – Egyptian rock agama
   * Laudakia vulgaris vulgaris (Sonnini & Latreille, 1801)
   * Laudakia vulgaris brachydactyla (Haas, 1951)
   * Laudakia vulgaris picea (Parker, 1935)
* Laudakia wui Zhao, 1998 – Wui's rock agama

### Moved to genus Acanthocercus

* Acanthocercus adramitanus (J. Anderson, 1896) – Anderson's rock agama
* Acanthocercus atricollis (A. Smith, 1849) – black-necked tree agama

### Moved to genus Paralaudakia

* Paralaudakia badakhshana (S. Anderson & Leviton, 1969) – Badakhshana rock agama
* Paralaudakia bochariensis (Nikolsky, 1897)
* Paralaudakia caucasia (Eichwald, 1831) – Caucasian agama
* Paralaudakia erythrogastra (Nikolsky, 1896) – redbelly rock agama
* Paralaudakia himalayana (Steindachner, 1867) – Himalayan agama
* Paralaudakia lehmanni (Nikolsky, 1896) – Turkestan agama
* Paralaudakia microlepis (Blanford, 1874) – small-scaled agama
* Paralaudakia stoliczkana (Blanford, 1875) – Mongolian rock agama

Nota bene: A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a different genus.

