Paralaudakia stoliczkana

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Paralaudakia stoliczkana - Wikipedia

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Mongolia rock agama

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Paralaudakia
Species:	P. stoliczkana
Binomial name
*Paralaudakia stoliczkana* (Blanford, 1875)
Synonyms^[2]
Stellio stoliczkanus Blanford, 1875 Agama stoliczkana — Boulenger, 1885 Agama tarimensis Zugmayer, 1909 Laudakia stoliczkana — Macey et al., 2000 Paralaudakia stoliczkana — Baig et al., 2012

Paralaudakia stoliczkana (common name Mongolia rock agama) is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Xinjiang and Gansu provinces in China, the western parts of Mongolia, and to Kyrgyzstan.^[2] There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, stoliczkana, is in honor of Moravian zoologist Ferdinand Stoliczka.^[3]

Subspecies

The following two subspecies are recognized as being valid.^[2]

Paralaudakia stoliczkana altaica (Munkhbayar & Shagdarsuren, 1970)
Paralaudakia stoliczkana stoliczkana (Blanford, 1875)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Paralaudakia.

Distribution and habitat

P. stoliczkana is found in western China, Mongolia, and Kyrgyzstan. Its preferred natural habitats are shrubland, forest, and desert. It occurs in at least one protected area.^[1]

Reproduction

P. stoliczkana is oviparous.^[2]

Conservation

Though the exact number of individuals of P. stoliczkana is unknown, its population is stable. It occurs in a protected area. The IUCN Red List classes it as of least concern. It is threatened by mining, trapping, and hunting. Both locally and internationally, it is used in medicine and as food.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Terbish, K.; Munkhbaatar, M.; Orlova, V. (2017). "Paralaudakia stoliczkana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T47749669A47749683. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T47749669A47749683.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Species Paralaudakia stoliczkana at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Laudakia stoliczkana, p. 255).

Baig KJ, Wagner P, Ananjeva NB, Böhme W (2012). "A morphology-based taxonomic revision of Laudakia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Agamidae)". Vertebrate Zoology 62 (2): 213–260. (Paralaudakia stoliczkana, new combination, p. 240).
Blanford WT (1875). "List of Reptilia and Amphibia collected by the late Dr. Stoliczka in Kashmir, Ladák, Eastern Turkestán, and Wakhán, with descriptions of new Species". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 44: 191–196. (Stellio stoliczkanus, new species, pp. 191–192). (in English and Latin).
Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume I. ... Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I–XXXII. (Agama stoliczkana, new combination, pp. 360–361).
Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (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. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.

Taxon identifiers
Paralaudakia stoliczkana	Wikidata: Q2508380 Wikispecies: Paralaudakia stoliczkana ADW: Laudakia_stoliczkana CoL: 4CY5Y EoL: 40084485 GBIF: 8335660 iNaturalist: 318735 ITIS: 1056827 IUCN: 47749669 NCBI: 118214 Open Tree of Life: 298873 RD: stoliczkana
Stellio stoliczkanus	Wikidata: Q44362403 IRMNG: 11076555

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