Laudakia stellio

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Agaminae
Genus: Laudakia
Species: Laudakia stellio
Subspecies (2): L. s. anthora –L. s. stellio

Laudakia stellio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Neotype: ZFMK 2063 (field number 582), adult ♂, collected by Karl F. Buchholz on 13 June 1952. [designated by Crochet, Lymberakis & Werner (2006: 462)]
Type locality: “Delos, Aegypto, Africa”, restricted by neotype designation to “Delos Island”, Cyclades, Greece, by Crochet, Lymberakis & Werner (2006: 464).

Lacerta stellio Linnaeus, 1758: 202 [original combination]
Stellio stellio — Wagler, 1830 [subsequent designation]
Agama stellio — Boulenger, 1885: 368 [subsequent designation]
Laudakia stellio — Leviton, Anderson, Adler & Minton, 1992 [subsequent designation]
Plocederma stellio — Henle, 1995 [subsequent designation]
Stellagama stellio — Baig, Wagner, Ananjeva & Böhme, 2012: 222 [subsequent designation]

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Crochet, P.-A., Lymberakis, P. & Werner, Y.L. 2006. The type specimens of Laudakia stellio (Linnaeus) (Reptilia: Agamidae) and its subspecies. Journal of Natural History 40(7–8): 461–471. DOI: 10.1080/00222930600703516 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Laudakia stellio. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 May 2022.
Amr, Z.S.S., Al Johany, A.M.H., Akarsu, F., Üzüm, N., Kumlutaş, Y., Baha El Din, S., Lymberakis, P., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Ugurtas, I.H., Werner, Y.L., Disi, A.M., Tok, V., Sevinç, M., Sadek, R., Crochet, P.-A., Kaska, Y., Avci, A. & Yeniyurt, C. 2012. IUCN: Stellagama stellio (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T157247A743714. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T157247A743714.en. Accessed on 18 May 2022.

Taxon identifiers
Laudakia stellio	ARKive: laudakia-stellio EUNIS: 629 Fauna Europaea (2): 3402e94d-52b1-49a8-9ed8-0302dea50046 IRMNG: 10641550 ISC: 115164 NBN: NHMSYS0000375371 RD: stellio Wikidata: Q25693253
Lacerta stellio	AnimalBase: 6229 GBIF: 9231210 IRMNG: 10521440 ZooBank: CBFE0D52-F4A4-464F-A3A9-081711A0686F Wikidata: Q27972484