Phrynocephalus guttatus

Phrynocephalus guttatus, also known commonly as the spotted toadhead agama, the Saissan toad-headed agama, the Central Asian toadhead agama, and Salensky's toadhead agama, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to southeastern Europe and western Asia. There are five recognized subspecies.

Geographic range
P. guttatus is found in Kazakhstan, southern Russia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.

Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of P. guttatus is desert, at altitudes from 16 m below sea level to 1,000 m.

Reproduction
P. guttatus is oviparous.

Subspecies
Five subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
 * Phrynocephalus guttatus alpherakii Bedriaga, 1906
 * Phrynocephalus guttatus guttatus (Gmelin, 1789)
 * Phrynocephalus guttatus melanurus Eichwald, 1831 – Saissan toad-headed agama
 * Phrynocephalus guttatus moltschanowi Nikolsky, 1913
 * Phrynocephalus guttatus salsatus Gorelov, Dunayev & Kotenko, 1995

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Phrynocephalus.