Laudakia nupta nupta (De Filippi, 1843:407)

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 470

Laudakia nupta nupta (De Filippi, 1843:407)

1843 Agama nupta De Filipi, Intorno ad alcune specie di rettili. Giornale del VI. R Istituto Lombardo e Bibliotera Italiana 6:407–415.

HOLOTYPE.— Not located [Milan], from “Persepolis,” Iran.

SYNONYMS.— Stellio carinatus Duméril, 1851 from “Aucher-Eloy, Perse.”

LOCALITIES.— Bamian (on rd to Saigon), along Kunduz River ( CAS 147444–52); 40 km NW Delaram ( CAS 120736); 65 km NW Delaram ( CAS 120734–35); 48 km W Dilaram ( FMNH 161077); 20 km E Farah ( CAS 120732–33); 55 km W Girishk ( CAS 120556, CAS 120731); Jalalabad area (Brück 1968); 30 km SW Jalalabad ( CAS 120730); Nimla [Nangarhar Prov., 1000 m] ( ZFMK 8628); 2 km SE Jalalabad ( MMB 28467); 8 km ESE Jalalabad ( MMB 28470); 45 km W Jalalabad ( CAS 120554–55); Kabul ( ZMUC R-36210); 67 km E (by Jalalabad Rd.) of Kabul at Puli Churkhi suburb ( MVZ R-236883); Kaikay ( ZMUC R-36189); Kandahar ( CAS 115936–38, FMNH 161257–58, FMNH 161260, FMNH 161262–63, ZFMK 2682, ZFMK 7924); ca. 15 km SSW Kandahar (by Panjuai Rd.) ( MVZ 237456); 107 km ENE (by Kabul Rd.) of Kandahar at junction of Quetta Rd. and Kabul Rd. ( MVZ 237457); Kouh-Bachio [= Kouh-Bachtou near Farah] ( MZLU L958/3240); 5–10 mi ENE of Nimla, on old Kabul-Jalalabad rd, and about 10 mi SW of Balabagh [34°19–21′N, 70°10–15′E] ( CAS 96196–97, CAS 96210); 4 km S [by air] Pagham ( MVZ 236884–85); Pirzada ( ZMUC R-36190); Somarkhel [banks of Kabul River], about 15 km E Jalalabad ( MMB 28478–69) [see pl. 2, fig. 6 for distribution].

REMARKS.— The holotype was present in the Milan collection at the time of Jan’s catalogue (Jan 1857) but it now seems to be lost and was not mentioned by Scali (2010).