The reticulated toad-headed agama (''Phrynocephalus reticulatus'') is a species of

agamid Agamidae is a family of over 300 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons or dragon lizards. Overview Phylogenetically, they may be sister to the I ...

lizard found in

Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...

and

West Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of the larger geographical region of Asia, as defined by some academics, UN bodies and other institutions. It is almost entirely a part of the Middle East, and includes Ana ...

Distribution

N Afghanistan, S Kazakhstan, W Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and N Pakistan (Kashmir). Type locality: Valley of the River Amudarya and East Coast of the Caspian Sea

References

* Ananjeva, Natalia B.;Tuniyev, Boris S. 1992 Historical biogeography of the Phrynocephalus species of the USSR Asiatic Herpetological Research 4: 76-98 * Barts, M. & Wilms, T. 2003 Die Agamen der Welt. Draco 4 (14): 4-23 * Eichwald, E. 1831 Zoologia specialis, quam expositis animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilibus potissimuni rossiae in universum, et poloniae in specie, in usum lectionum publicarum in Universitate Caesarea Vilnensi. Zawadski, Vilnae.

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* reticulatus Reptiles of Pakistan Reptiles of Afghanistan Reptiles of Central Asia Reptiles described in 1831 Taxa named by Karl Eichwald {{agamidae-stub