Laudakia dayana

Laudakia dayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Agaminae
Genus:	Laudakia
Species:	L. dayana
Binomial name
Laudakia dayana (Stoliczka, 1871)
Synonyms
Stellio dayanus Stoliczka, 1871 Agama dayana — Boulenger, 1885 Laudakia dayana — Baig & Böhme, 1997[1]

Laudakia dayana, commonly known as the Haridwar agama, is a species of agamid lizard found in Haridwar, India.

Etymology

The specific name, dayana, is in honor of English ichthyologist Francis Day.^[2]

References

1. "Laudakia dayana ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Laudakia dayana, pp. 66-67).

Further reading

• Baig KJ, Böhme W. 1997. "Partition of the Stellio group of Agama into two distinct genera: Acanthocerus FITZINGER, 1843, and Laudakia GRAY, 1845 (Sauria: Agamidae)". 8th Ord. Gen. Meet. Soc. European Herp. (Laudakia dayana, new combination, p. 36).
• Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Agama dayana, new combination, p. 362).
• Boulenger GA. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Agama dayana, p. 148).
• Stoliczka F. 1871. "Notes on new or little known Indian Lizards". Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal (Calcutta) 1871: 192-195. (Stellio dayanus, new species, p. 194).