Laudakia tuberculata ( Gray, 1827 )

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 261

Laudakia tuberculata ( Gray, 1827) — Erroneous.

Kashmir Rock Agama

Singapore records.

Laudakia tuberculata — Gray, 1845: 254.

Remarks. Gray (1845) reported a specimen from Argent’s collection from Singapore at NHMUK (BMNH XXIV.53. b), but this specimen did not appear in Boulenger’s catalogue ( Boulenger 1885), nor in any subsequent publications. As Laudakia tuberculata is native to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and India (Vishwakarma 2019), it is likely that the locality catalogued is incorrect or the species was traded in Singapore. Either circumstance is likely given that Argent was a prolific natural history specimen trader.

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Singapore (no locality): BMNH XXIV.53.b (no date).

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.