Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus

Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus, the yellow-speckled toad-headed agama, is a species of agamid lizard found in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan (Baluchistan) and possibly in India.

Yellow-speckled toad-headed agama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Phrynocephalus
Species:
P. luteoguttatus
Binomial name
Phrynocephalus luteoguttatus
Boulenger, 1887

The type locality is between Nushki and Helmand (border between Afghanistan and Baluchistan).

References

  • Boulenger, G. A. 1887 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) III. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. London: 575pp.
  • Khan, M.S. 1980 Affinities and zoogeography of herptiles of Pakistan. Biologia, 26(1-2): 113-171
  • Khan, M. S. 1999 A checklist and key to the phrynocephalid lizards of Pakistan, with ethnological notes (Squamata: Agamidae). Pakistan J. Zool. 31 (1): 17-24


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