Laudakia dayana

Laudakia dayana, commonly known as the Haridwar agama, is a species of agamid lizard. It is endemic to northwestern India (Haridwar, Uttarakhand, Kashmir).[1]

Laudakia dayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Laudakia
Species:	L. dayana
Binomial name
Laudakia dayana (Stoliczka, 1871)
Synonyms[1]
Stellio dayanus Stoliczka, 1871 Agama dayana — Boulenger, 1885 Laudakia dayana — Baig & Böhme, 1997

Etymology

The specific name, dayana, is in honor of English ichthyologist Francis Day.[2]

References

1. Laudakia dayana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 January 2021.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Laudakia dayana, pp. 66-67).

Further reading

• Baig KJ, Böhme W (1997). "Partition of the Stellio group of Agama into two distinct genera: Acanthocerus FITZINGER, 1843, and Laudakia GRAY, 1845 (Sauria: Agamidae)". 8th Ord. Gen. Meet. Soc. European Herp. (Laudakia dayana, new combination, p. 36).
• Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Geckonidæ, Eublepharidæ, Uroplatidæ, Pygopodidæ, Agamidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 436 pp. + Plates I-XXXII. (Agama dayana, new combination, p. 362).
• Boulenger GA (1890). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xviii + 541 pp. (Agama dayana, p. 148).
• Stoliczka F (1871). "Notes on new or little known Indian Lizards". Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal (Calcutta) 1871: 192–195. (Stellio dayanus, new species, p. 194).