Phrynocephalus raddei Boettger, 1888:262

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 : 478

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Phrynocephalus raddei Boettger, 1888:262
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1888 Phrynocephalus raddei Boettger, Über die Reptilien und Batrachier Transcaspiens. Zoologischer Anzeiger 11:259–263.

LECTOTYPE.— SMF 10247 About SMF from “Perewalnaja an der transcaspischen Bahn [= Perevalnaja railroad station, southwestern Turkmenistan]” designated by Mertens (1967).

SYNONYMS.— Phrynocephalus raddei var. bilkewitschi Nikolskii, 1915 from “Kelifa”; Phrynocephalus raddei var. zardunyi Nikolskii, 1915 from “Kelifa”; Phrynocephalus raddei var. boettgeri Bedriaga in Nikolskii, 1905 from “Schirabad.”

LOCALITIES.— Ag Chah [Mazar-i.Sharif Prov.] (SNM 41–53); 10 km SE of Andkhoy (CAS 120133–38); 20 km E of Mazar-i-Sharif (CAS 120116–22); 30 km NW of Sheberghan (CAS 120123–28); between Sheberghan and Andkhoy (CAS 120129–32); 10 km W of Tashkurgan (CAS 120111–15) [see pl. 4, fig. 6 for distribution].

REMARKS.— The Afghan specimens mentioned here were previously identified as P. raddei boettgeri von Bedriaga, 1906 or P. reticulatus boettgeri . But recently, Barabanov and Ananjeva (2007) treated P. raddei boettgeri as a synonym of P. raddei . Clark (1990) mentioned this species as typical inhabitant of firm to loess clay in non-sandy steppe regions in northern Afghanistan.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Agamidae

Genus

Phrynocephalus

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Squamata

Family

Agamidae

Genus

Phrynocephalus

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