Laudakia, (DAAN, 1967), 1845

Karameta, Emmanouela, Lymberakis, Petros, Grillitsch, Heinz, Ilgaz, Çetin, Avci, Aziz, Kumlutaş, Yusuf, Candan, Kamil, Wagner, Philipp, Sfenthourakis, Spyros, Pafilis, Panayiotis & Poulakakis, Nikos, 2022, The story of a rock-star: multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation in the starred or roughtail rock agama, Laudakia stellio (Reptilia: Agamidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195 (1), pp. 195-219 : 212

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab107
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6536714
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E587DF-FFEE-FFC4-3306-09C6FCD6FA0F
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Laudakia
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LAUDAKIA CYPRIACA ( DAAN, 1967) STAT. NOV.

Included taxa: Laudakia s. cypriaca ( Daan, 1967) .

Type specimen: Agama stellio cypriaca Daan, 1967 . BMNH 1930.10.5.6. (holotype) ( Natural History Museum , London, UK).

Type locality: Limassol, Cyprus .

Distribution: Endemic to Cyprus.

Remarks: This species exhibits distinctive morphology, ecology and behaviour, all of which further corroborate molecular evidence and support its elevation to species rank.