Species

Paralaudakia microlepis

Paralaudakia microlepis · described by (BLANFORD 1874)

Paralaudakia badakhshana, a close relative of Paralaudakia microlepis

Pictured: Paralaudakia badakhshana, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Fossil specimen.

Photo: Jablonski D, Urošević A, Andjelković M, Džukić G (2019) An unknown collection of lizards from Afghanistan. ZooKeys 843: 129-147. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.843.29420, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Paralaudakia microlepis
First described
(BLANFORD 1874)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Agamidae
Genus
Paralaudakia
Subspecies
  • Paralaudakia microlepis microlepis BLANFORD 1874
  • Paralaudakia microlepis taftanica SANCHOOLI, RAHIMIAN, RASTEGAR-POUYANI & RASTEGAR-POUYANI 2015

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree