Laudakia melanura

Black agama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Laudakia
Species: L. melanura
Binomial name
Laudakia melanura
(Blyth, 1854)

The Black Agama (Laudakia melanura) is an agamid lizard found in Iran, Pakistan, India (NW Punjab) nasiri: Toba Kakar Range, Balochistan and Pakistan at elevations of 2300 to 2400 m above sea level. Race lirata: Pakistan; Terra typica: Gedrosia, Baluchistan (= Saman, Dasht Province, Baluchistan, fide SMITH 1935). Type locality: Kashmir (Salt Range, Punjab according to M A Smith)

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