Black agama
Laudakia melanura Blyth, 1854
Status not recordedlizards
The black agama (Laudakia melanura) is a species in the family Agamidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 32.2 g and reach 9.88 cm in length.
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Quick facts about the black agama
- Weight
- 32.2 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- 9.88 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Omnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 10 – 15src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- By day (diurnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
How big is the black agama?
Where does the black agama live?
Not recorded
Is the black agama endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the black agama classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderSquamata
- familyAgamidae
- genusLaudakia
- SpeciesLaudakia melanura Blyth, 1854
Synonyms Agama melanura, Stellio liratus
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- Black rock agamaEnglish
- Sorthalet KlippeagamDanish
- SchwarzagameGerman
- PakistanagameGerman
- Schwarze FelsenagameGerman
- クロアガマJapanese
- Чёрный стеллионRussian
Relatives of the black agama
Other species in the same genus Laudakia.
Large-scaled agama
Laudakia nupta
Kashmir rock agama
Laudakia tuberculata
Anan's rock agama
Laudakia sacra
Wui's rock agama
Laudakia wui
Papenfuss’ rock agama
Laudakia papenfussi
Agror agama
Laudakia agrorensis
CompareBlack agama vs Large-scaled agamaBlack agama vs Kashmir rock agamaBlack agama vs Anan's rock agamaBlack agama vs Wui's rock agama
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the black agama?
An adult black agama weighs 32.2 g and measures 9.88 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the black agama?
The black agama (Laudakia melanura) belongs to the family Agamidae in the order Squamata.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4 - SquamBase 1.0 - a dataset of squamate species traits · CC0 1.0 · 1.0-dryad-v5
Meiri, S. (2024) SquamBase - a database of squamate (Reptilia: Squamata) traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(4): e13812. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13812. Data: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.76hdr7t3b
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