Paralaudakia lehmanni (Nikolsky, 1896)

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 : 474-475

Paralaudakia lehmanni (Nikolskii, 1896:XIV)

1896 Stellio lehmanni Nikolskii , Sur deux nouveaux reptiles du Turkestan. Annuaire Musée Zoologique de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg, 1:XIII–XV .

SYNTYPES.— ZISP 2367 , from “Oalyk-tau” [= Oalyk mountain , Samarqand province, Uzbekistan] ; ZISP 8664 , from “Nuratau montains, Zerbent” [= Zerbent River , Nuratau mountains, Jizzakh province, Uzbekistan] ; ZISP 8665 , from “Nuratau mountains, Temur-Kauk well,” Jizzakh province , Uzbekistan ; ZISP 8666 .1, 8666.2, 8689.1, 8689.2, from “Southern Kyzylkum, Kum- Kuduk well,” southern part of Kyzylkum desert, Uzbekistan ; NMW 23485 from “Baba-tau” (donated by the St. Petersburg Museum fide Tiedemann and Häupl [1980]) .

SYNONYMS.— Agama borstschewskyi Elpatjewsky and Sabanejew, 1907 from “area of Buchara [= Buxoro]”, Uzbekistan.

LOCALITIES.— Badakshan (BMNH 1968.1301); Darrah-e-Andarab, vic. of Bani [Baghlan Prov., 2100 m] (ZFMK 9063, ZMK 2754); Faizabad (BMNH 1968.1302, ZFMK 96708–715, 97203– 208, 97992; see also Fig. 9 ); Mazar-i-Sharif (FMNH 161109); 50 km E Taliqan (CAS 120737); 50 km NE Taliqan (CAS 120325) [see pl. 3, fig. 5 for distribution].

REMARKS.— Sindaco and Jeremčenko (2008) only provide records from northern and northeastern Afghanistan, however, the records from Darrah-e-Andarab are here confirmed by us.

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FIGURE 9: Paralaudakia lehmanni from Faizabad (Badakshan Province), Afghanistan. Photo by F. Joisten.