---
title: "Sling-tailed Agama"
description: "Laudakia cypriaca — Reptiles. Laudakia cypriaca, also known as Cyprus rock agama, is a species of agamid lizard."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/sling-tailed-agama
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sling-tailed Agama

> Laudakia cypriaca — Reptiles. Laudakia cypriaca, also known as Cyprus rock agama, is a species of agamid lizard.

- Scientific name: *Laudakia cypriaca*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1768
- iNaturalist taxon: [1424711](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1424711)

## Names

- en: Sling-tailed Agama
- de: Zypern-Hardun
- es: Agama Rupestre de Chipre

## Countries with the most observations

CY (1502)

## Summary

Laudakia cypriaca, also known as Cyprus rock agama, is a species of agamid lizard. It is endemic to Cyprus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudakia_cypriaca

## Photo

![Sling-tailed Agama](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sling-tailed-agama/medium.jpg)

Photo: eloiseba · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137840621

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sling-tailed-agama?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).