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Badakhshana Rock Agama
Paralaudakia badakhshana (Anderson & Leviton, 1969)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Figure 1; The specimen of Paralaudakia badakhshana no. 753/1 from Bamyan town, Bamyan.
Jablonski D, Urošević A, Andjelković M, Džukić G (2019) An unknown collection of lizards from Afghanistan. ZooKeys 843: 129-147. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.843.29420 · CC BY 4.0 · Image sourceProvider-generated thumbnail requested at 800 pixels; no local editing Local WebP display rendition; resized without cropping.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Badakhshana rock agama (Paralaudakia badakhshana) is an agamid lizard found in NE Afghanistan, N Pakistan, Kashmir, China (Xinjiang), SE Turkmenistan, eastward through Tajikistan to W Kyrgyzstan.
Its type locality is Mazar-i-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, 36° 34' N, 67° 05' E, 457 m elevation.
Wikipedia contributors, Badakhshana rock agama; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:01:32.344053+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Paralaudakia badakhshana (Anderson & Leviton, 1969)
- Name authority
- (Anderson & Leviton, 1969)
- Common name
- Badakhshana Rock Agama
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Paralaudakia
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderIguania
- familyAgamidae
- subfamilyAgaminae
- genusParalaudakia
- speciesParalaudakia badakhshana (Anderson & Leviton, 1969)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Paralaudakia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Caucasian AgamaParalaudakia caucasia (Eichwald, 1831) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himalayan AgamaParalaudakia himalayana (Steindachner, 1867) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Smallscaled Rock AgamaParalaudakia microlepis (Blanford, 1874) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mongolia Rock AgamaParalaudakia stoliczkana (Blanford, 1875) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Redbelly Rock AgamaParalaudakia erythrogaster (Nikolsky, 1896) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Paralaudakia bochariensis (Nikolsky, 1897) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Turkestan Rock AgamaParalaudakia lehmanni (Nikolsky, 1896) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Agama badakhshana Anderson & Leviton, 1969 Anderson & Leviton, 1969 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Paralaudakia&species=badakhshana Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4CY5R. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.