Phrynocephalus golubewii is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Turkmenistan.

Etymology

The specific name, golubewii, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Michael Leonidovich Golubev.

Phrynocephalus golubewii

Geographic range

P. golubewii is found in southwestern Turkmenistan.

Phrynocephalus golubewii

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of P. golubewii is desert salt flat, at altitudes below .

Phrynocephalus golubewii

Reproduction

P. golubewii is oviparous.

References

Further reading

Barabanov AV, Ananjeva NB (2007). "Catalogue of the available scientific species-group names for lizards of the genus Phrynocephalus Kaup, 1825 (Reptilia, Sauria, Agamidae)". Zootaxa 1399: 1–56. Shenbrot GI Semyonov DV (1990). "[New species of genus Phrynocephalus (Reptilia, Agamidae) from Turkmenia]". Zoologichesky Zhurnal, Moscow 69 (9): 154–156. (Phrynocephalus golubewii, new species). (in Russian, with an abstract in English).

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Endemic fauna of Turkmenistan

Reptiles described in 1990