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Starred agama

Laudakia stellio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedlizards

The starred agama (Laudakia stellio) is a species in the family Agamidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 21.6 g to 53.4 g, reach 11.7 cm in length and live up to 5.05 years.

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Quick facts about the starred agama

Weight
21.6 g – 53.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
10.6 cm – 11.7 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
5.05 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
10 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrubland, woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
54 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
3 – 20src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2 years – 3 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1 – 2src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the starred agama?

STARRED AGAMA · LENGTH 11.7 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 11.7 cm, the recorded maximum length of the starred agama is about 6.9% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the starred agama live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the starred agama as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Greece

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the starred 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 starred agama classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyAgamidae
  6. genusLaudakia
  7. SpeciesLaudakia stellio (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Agama cordylea, Agama sebae, Agama stellio daani, Agama stellio mykonensis, Iguana cordylina, Lacerta stellio, Stellagama stellio, Stellagma stellio, Stellio antiquorum, Stellio cyprius, Uromastix horrida

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Roughtail rock agamaEnglish
  • Western starred agamaEnglish
  • الحرذون النجميArabic
  • Agama hardúnCzech
  • Vestlig HardunDanish
  • HardunGerman
  • ΚροκοδειλάκιGreek
  • kallioagamaFinnish
  • חרדון מצויHebrew
  • Hardun-agámaHungarian
  • StellioneItalian
  • SûsmarKurdish
  • HardoenDutch
  • hardun skalnyPolish
  • ГардунRussian
  • СтеллионRussian
  • агама-гардунRussian
  • Dikenli kelerTurkish
  • Агама стеліонUkrainian
  • 星紋飛蜥Chinese

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Relatives of the starred agama

Other species in the same genus Laudakia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the starred agama?

An adult starred agama weighs 21.6 g – 53.4 g and measures 10.6 cm – 11.7 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the starred agama live?

The starred agama has a recorded lifespan of 5.05 years.

Is the starred agama an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the starred agama as introduced in 1 country: Greece, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the starred agama?

The starred agama (Laudakia stellio) 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.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Starred agama (Laudakia stellio). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/starred-agama

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BibTeX
@misc{starred_agama_2026,
  title = {Starred agama (Laudakia stellio)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/starred-agama},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}