The story of a rock-star: multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation in the starred or roughtail rock agama, Laudakia stellio (Reptilia: Agamidae)
Author
Karameta, Emmanouela
Author
Lymberakis, Petros
Author
Grillitsch, Heinz
Author
Ilgaz, Çetin
Author
Avci, Aziz
Author
Kumlutaş, Yusuf
Author
Candan, Kamil
Author
Wagner, Philipp
Author
Sfenthourakis, Spyros
Author
Pafilis, Panayiotis
Author
Poulakakis, Nikos
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2022
2022-05-01
195
1
195
219
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/195/1/195/6517658
journal article
55597
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab107
6e437bd5-bce3-4f86-97f6-8d40fff86b84
0024-4082
6530771
LAUDAKIA
CYPRIACA
(
DAAN, 1967
)
STAT. NOV.
Included taxa:
Laudakia
s.
cypriaca
(
Daan, 1967
)
.
Type specimen:
Agama stellio cypriaca
Daan, 1967
. BMNH 1930.10.5.6. (
holotype
) (
Natural History Museum
,
London
,
UK
).
Type
locality:
Limassol
,
Cyprus
.
Distribution:
Endemic to
Cyprus
.
Remarks:
This species exhibits distinctive morphology, ecology and behaviour, all of which further corroborate molecular evidence and support its elevation to species rank.