Laudakia melanura

Taxobox | name = Black agama
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Iguania
familia = Agamidae
genus = "Laudakia"
species = "L. melanura"
binomial = "Laudakia melanura"
binomial_authority = (Blyth, 1854)

The Black Agama ("Laudakia melanura") is an agamid lizard found in Iran, Pakistan, India (NW Punjab) "nasiri": Toba Kakar Range, Balochistan and Pakistan at elevations of 2300 to 2400 m above sea level.Race "lirata": Pakistan; Terra typica: Gedrosia, Baluchistan (= Saman, Dasht Province, Baluchistan, fide SMITH 1935).Type locality: Kashmir (Salt Range, Punjab according to M A Smith)

References

* Ananjeva, N.B. & Tuniev 1994 Some aspects of historical biogeography of Asian rock agamids Russ. J. Herpetol. 1 (1): 43
* Blyth,E. 1854 Proceedings of the Society. Report of the Curator, Zoological Department. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 23 [1854] : 737-740