''Laudakia sacra'', also known
commonly as Anan's rock agama, is a species of
lizard
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in the
family Agamidae
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Overview
phylogenetics, Phylogenetic ...
. The species is
endemic to
Tibet.
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Etymology
The common name, Anan's rock agama, refers to Russian herpetologist Natalia Borisovna Ananjeva (born 1946).[ Beolens B, Watkins M, ]Grayson M
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* Gray ...
(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Stellio sacra'', p. 7).
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of ''L. sacra'' are rocky areas and freshwater wetlands
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, at altitudes of .
Description
''L. sacra'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of , plus a tail long.[
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Reproduction
''L. sacra'' is oviparous
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.[
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References
Further reading
* Ananjeva NB, Peters G, Macey JR, Papenfuss TJ (1990). "''Stellio sacra'' (Smith, 1935) – a Distinct Species of Asiatic Rock Agamid from Tibet". ''Asiatic Herpetological Research'' 3: 104–115. (''Stellio sacra'', new status, new combination).
* 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. (''Laudakia sacra'', p. 250).
*Macey JR, Schulte JA, Larson A, Ananjeva NB, Wang Y (2000). "Evaluating Trans-Tethys Migration: An Example Using Acrodont Lizard Phylogenetics". ''Systematic Biology'' 49 (2): 233–256. (''Laudakia sacra'', new combination).
* Smith MA (1935). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (''Agama himalayana sacra'', new subspecies, p. 214).
Laudakia
Reptiles of China
Endemic fauna of Tibet
Reptiles described in 1935
Taxa named by Malcolm Arthur Smith
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