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Distribution

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Continent: Asia
Distribution: China (Xinjiang, Gansu), W Mongolia
Type locality: Plains of Eastern Turkestan. altaica: Mongolia (Gobi Desert)
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Paralaudakia stoliczkana

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Paralaudakia stoliczkana (common name Mongolia rock agama) is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Xinjiang and Gansu provinces in China, the western parts of Mongolia, and to Kyrgyzstan.[2] There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, stoliczkana, is in honor of Moravian zoologist Ferdinand Stoliczka.[3]

Subspecies

The following two subspecies are recognized as being valid.[2]

  • Paralaudakia stoliczkana altaica (Munkhbayar & Shagdarsuren, 1970)
  • Paralaudakia stoliczkana stoliczkana (Blanford, 1875)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Paralaudakia.

Distribution and habitat

P. stoliczkana is found in western China, Mongolia, and Kyrgyzstan. Its preferred natural habitats are shrubland, forest, and desert. It occurs in at least one protected area.[1]

Reproduction

P. stoliczkana is oviparous.[2]

Conservation

Though the exact number of individuals of P. stoliczkana is unknown, its population is stable. It occurs in a protected area. The IUCN Red List classes it as of least concern. It is threatened by mining, trapping, and hunting. Both locally and internationally, it is used in medicine and as food.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Terbish, K.; Munkhbaatar, M.; Orlova, V. (2017). "Paralaudakia stoliczkana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T47749669A47749683. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T47749669A47749683.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d Species Paralaudakia stoliczkana at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Laudakia stoliczkana, p. 255).
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Paralaudakia stoliczkana: Brief Summary

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Paralaudakia stoliczkana (common name Mongolia rock agama) is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to Xinjiang and Gansu provinces in China, the western parts of Mongolia, and to Kyrgyzstan. There are two recognized subspecies.

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