Paralaudakia microlepis (Blanford, 1874:453)

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 475

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13155235

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scientific name

Paralaudakia microlepis (Blanford, 1874:453)
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1874 Stellio microlepis Blanford, Descriptions of new lizards from Persia and Baluchistàn. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 4, 13:453–455.

SYNTYPES.— BMNH 1946.8.28. 74–77 “in montibus Persiae meridionalis” [invalidly restricted to Kushkizard , north of Shiraz by Boulenger 1885] .

LOCALITIES. — 21 km N of Ghazni [by Kabul Rd.] (MVZ 237452–54); 50 km N Hirat (RMNH 25966); Murghab (ZFMK 8599, 8604); 6 km E Nawar Pass (RMNH 25959–61); Noburtscha, on road to Dascht-i-Nawar [Prov. Ghazni, 2400 m] (ZFMK 8605–06); Paghman, nr. Kabul (ZFMK 8598); 75 km E Shindand (RMNH 25965); 40 km S Tarin Kot (RMNH 25953) [see pl. 3, fig. 6 for distribution].

REMARKS.— Sindaco and Jeremčenko (2008) mention records only from central and eastern Afghanistan whereas our specimens confirm its occurrence in western parts of the country as well.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Agamidae

Genus

Paralaudakia

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