Laudakia cypriaca, also known as Cyprus rock agama, is a species of agamid lizard. It is endemic to Cyprus.[1][2] It was originally described as a subspecies of Agama stellio (now Laudakia stellio). However, a 2022 revision of Laudakia stellio raised the former Laudakia stellio cypriaca to the full species rank,[1][2] along with Laudakia vulgaris.[2]

Cyprus rock agama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Laudakia
Species:
L. cypriaca
Binomial name
Laudakia cypriaca
(Daan, 1967)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agama stellio cypriaca Daan, 1967
  • Laudakia stellio cypriaca (Daan, 1967)
  • Stellagama stellio cypriaca (Daan, 1967)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Laudakia cypriaca at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Karameta, Emmanouela; Lymberakis, Petros; Grillitsch, Heinz; Ilgaz, Çetin; Avci, Aziz; Kumlutaş, Yusuf; Candan, Kamil; Wagner, Philipp; Sfenthourakis, Spyros; Pafilis, Panayiotis & Poulakakis, Nikos (2022). "The story of a rock-star: multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation in the starred or roughtail rock agama, Laudakia stellio (Reptilia: Agamidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: zlab107. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab107.