Description of Two New Subspecies of Laudakia pakistanica (sauria: agamidae)

Khalid Javed Baig, Wolfgang Böhme

Abstract


Two new subspecies of Laudakia pakistanica are described from the northern mountain region of Pakistan, representing, next to the nominotypic form, two out the four distinct populations of Laudakia pakistanica. The fourth one is regarded an intermediate population between the two. All four new forms are distributed in an area along the Indus river of Pakistan.

Keywords


Sauria: Agamidae: Laudakia; L. pakistanica khani ssp. nov.; L. pakistanica auffenbergi ssp. nov.; Pakistan

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30906/1026-2296-1996-3-1-1-10

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