Laudakia melanura melanura Blyth, 1854:738

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 : 469-470

Laudakia melanura melanura Blyth, 1854:738

1854 Laudakia (Placoderma) melanura Blyth, Proceedings of the Society. Report of the Curator, Zoological Department. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 23 [1854]:737–740.

TYPE (S).— Not located (see remarks), from “Kashmir”.

SYNONYMS.— Stellio liratus Blanford, 1874 from “Gedrosia, Baluchistan ” interpreted as “Saman, Dasht Province , Baluchistan ” by Smith (1935).

LOCALITIES.— Ali Khel, southern side of Safed-Koh [Paktia Prov., 2200 m] ( ZFMK 8627 ); Darunta near Jalalabad [Nangahar Prov., 650 m] ( ZFMK 8544 ) [see pl. 2, fig. 5 for distribution] .

REMARKS.— Sindaco and Jeremčenko (2008) recognized this taxon only from the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan; ZFMK specimens provide the first record of L. melanura from Afghanistan. Blyth (1868:32) himself recognized his L. melanura as synonym of L. tuberculata and mentioned a juvenile female from “Simla” from the collection of the Asiatic Society of Bengal that had been donated by W. Theobald. Even though Simla is quite distant from Kashmir, this specimen could be a type specimen, as we now know that the species has a relatively extensive distribution.