Phrynocephalus guttatus
# Phrynocephalus guttatus

Phrynocephalus guttatus, also known commonly as the spotted toadhead agama, the Saissan toad-headed agama, the Central Asian toadhead agama, and Salensky's toadhead agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to southeastern Europe and western Asia. There are five recognized subspecies.

## Geographic range

P. guttatus is found in Kazakhstan, southern Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

## Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. guttatus is desert, at altitudes from 16 m (52 ft) below sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).

## Reproduction

P. guttatus is oviparous.

## Subspecies

Five subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

* Phrynocephalus guttatus alpherakii Bedriaga, 1906
* Phrynocephalus guttatus guttatus (Gmelin, 1789)
* Phrynocephalus guttatus melanurus Eichwald, 1831 – Saissan toad-headed agama
* Phrynocephalus guttatus moltschanowi Nikolsky, 1913
* Phrynocephalus guttatus salsatus Gorelov, Dunayev & Kotenko, 1995

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Phrynocephalus.

