Paralaudakia lehmanni, also known commonly as the Turkestan rock agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Central Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, lehmanni, is in honor of , who was a Russian biologist of German descent.
Geographic range
P. lehmanni is found in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. lehmanni is rocky shrubland, at altitudes of .
Reproduction
P. lehmanni is oviparous.
References
Further reading
- , , Ananjeva NB, (2012). "A morphology-based taxonomic revision of Laudakia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Agamidae)". Vertebrate Zoology 62: 213âÂÂ260. (Paralaudakia lehmanni, new combination, p. 236).
- Nikolsky AM (1896). "Diagnoses Reptilium et Amphibiorum novorum in Persia orientali a N. Zarudny collectorum ". Annuaire Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 1: XIIIâÂÂXV, 369âÂÂ372. (Stellio lehmanni, new species, p. XIV). (in Latin and Russian).
- , (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. . (Laudakia lehmanni).