Laudakia sacra

Anan's rock agama
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Laudakia
Species:	L. sacra
Binomial name
	Laudakia sacra; (M.A. Smith, 1935)
Synonyms
	Agama himalayana sacra ; M.A. Smith, 1935; Stellio sacra ; — Ananjeva et al., 1990; Laudakia sacra ; — Macey et al., 2000;

Laudakia sacra, also known commonly as Anan's rock agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Tibet.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The common name, Anan's rock agama, refers to Russian herpetologist Natalia Borisovna Ananjeva (born 1946).^[3]

The preferred natural habitats of L. sacra are rocky areas and freshwater wetlands, at altitudes of 3,300–4,400 m (10,800–14,400 ft).^[1]

L. sacra may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 15 cm (5.9 in), plus a tail 24 cm (9.4 in) long.^[2]

L. sacra is oviparous.^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c Shi, L.; Huang, S.; Wang, Y. (2019). "Laudakia sacra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T47751995A47752006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T47751995A47752006.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Laudakia sacra at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2 January 2021.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Stellio sacra, p. 7).

Ananjeva NB, Peters G, Macey JR, Papenfuss TJ (1990). "Stellio sacra (Smith, 1935) – a Distinct Species of Asiatic Rock Agamid from Tibet". Asiatic Herpetological Research 3: 104–115. (Stellio sacra, new status, new combination).
Baig KJ, Wagner P, Ananjeva NB, Böhme W (2012). "A morphology-based taxonomic revision of Laudakia Gray, 1845 (Squamata: Agamidae). Vertebrate Zoology 62 (2): 213–260. (Laudakia sacra, p. 250).
Macey JR, Schulte JA, Larson A, Ananjeva NB, Wang Y (2000). "Evaluating Trans-Tethys Migration: An Example Using Acrodont Lizard Phylogenetics". Systematic Biology 49 (2): 233–256. (Laudakia sacra, new combination).
Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Agama himalayana sacra, new subspecies, p. 214).

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