Paralaudakia lehmanni (Nikolskii, 1896)

Jablonski, Daniel, Khalili, Faizurrahman & Masroor, Rafaqat, 2023, The herpetofaunal diversity of Takhar Province, Afghanistan, Herpetozoa 36, pp. 73-90 : 73

Paralaudakia lehmanni (Nikolskii, 1896)

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Takhar records.

Bay Yawa Sharqi (Tundi Aman), 37.4223°N, 69.7543°E, 794 m a.s.l., 15 September 2021, rocky habitat, one adult male (CUHC-PA 216); Bay Yawa Sharqi, 37.4248°N, 69.7633°E, 871 m a.s.l., 15 September 2021, rocky habitat, one adult male (CUHC-PA 217); Bay Yawa Sharqi (Latakhali), 37.4322°N, 69.7399°E, 737 m a.s.l., 15 September 2021, rocky habitat, one subadult individual of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 222).

Distribution in Afghanistan.

Badakhshan, Baghlan, Balkh ( Wagner et al. 2016) and Takhar Provinces, representing 12% of all provinces.

Chorotype.

Western Central-Asiatic Mountains.

Remarks.

This study provides the first records of this species for Takhar Province. Same as for P. badakhshana , we have no information on genetics of this species from Afghanistan. It is a widely distributed lizard in Central Asia, distributed from middle to high elevations ( Baig et al. 2012). The geographic coordinates 33.422272°N, 63.662567°E given for the locality "Darrah-e-Andarab, vic. of Bani [Baghlan Prov., 2100 m]" located in Ghor Province ( Wagner et al. 2016) are wrong and, thus, are corrected here to Andarab Valley in Baghlan Province, approx. 35.6265°N, 69.2152°E.

Figures

Figure 3. Herpetofaunistic records of Bufonidae, Ranidae, Testudinidae and Agamidae from Takhar Province in the context of updated records from Afghanistan (white dots or squares: published data (except for the data on Bufotes oblongus and B. zugmayeri, which are distributed in SW Afghanistan); red dots: new data).

Figure 5. A, B. Individuals of Testudo horsfieldii from Bay Yawa (Khagebilendi) of different sex and ages (CUHC-PA 179); C. Adult male of Paralaudakia badakhshana from Khilyazi bala (CUHC-PA 212); D, E. Ventral and dorsal view on the individual of P. badakhshana from Khilyazi bala (CUHC-PA 213); F. Individual of Paralaudakia sp. from Khilyazi bala (CUHC-PA 214); G, H. Adult males (CUHC-PA 216 and 217) of Paralaudakia lehmanni from Khilyazi bala; I. Subadult individual of P. lehmanni from Bay Yawa (CUHC-PA 222).