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Himalayan Agama

Paralaudakia himalayana

Classification

Family
Agamidae

The Himalayan agama (Paralaudakia himalayana) is an agamid lizard found in Central Asia and South Asia. Description Head much depressed; snout slightly longer than diameter of orbit; nostril lateral, below the canthus rostralis, slightly tubular. Upper head-scales smooth; occipital not enlarged; small closely set spinose scales on the head near the ear, and on the neck; ear entirely exposed, larger than the eye-opening.

Distribution

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