NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Kulagin’s variegated toadhead agama
Phrynocephalus kulagini Bedriaga, 1909
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Phrynocephalus kulagini Bedriaga, 1909
- Name authority
- Bedriaga, 1909
- Common name
- Kulagin’s variegated toadhead agama
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Phrynocephalus
- 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
- genusPhrynocephalus
- speciesPhrynocephalus kulagini Bedriaga, 1909
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Phrynocephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Phrynocephalus ananjevae Melnikov, Melnikova, Nazarov & Rajabizadeh, 2013 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arabian Toadhead AgamaPhrynocephalus arabicus Anderson, 1894 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phrynocephalus clarkorum Anderson & Leviton, 1967 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phrynocephalus guttatus (Gmelin, 1789) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Sunwatcher Toadhead AgamaPhrynocephalus helioscopus (Pallas, 1771) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lichtenstein's Toadhead AgamaPhrynocephalus interscapularis Lichtenstein, 1856 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Reticulated toad-headed agamaPhrynocephalus reticulatus Eichwald, 1831 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Uzbekistan Toadhead AgamaPhrynocephalus rossikowi Nikolsky, 1898 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tuvan Toad-headed AgamaPhrynocephalus versicolor Strauch, 1876 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Phrynocephalus vlangalii Strauch, 1876 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yellow-speckled toad-headed agamaPhrynocephalus luteoguttatus Boulenger, 1887 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blacktail Toadhead AgamaPhrynocephalus maculatus Anderson, 1872 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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=Phrynocephalus&species=kulagini 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:8KCZH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.