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title: "Rock Dragon"
description: "Psammophilus dorsalis — Gady. The peninsular rock agama or South Indian rock agama (Psammophilus dorsalis) is a common species of agama found on rocky hills in south India."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/rock-dragon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rock Dragon

> Psammophilus dorsalis — Gady. The peninsular rock agama or South Indian rock agama (Psammophilus dorsalis) is a common species of agama found on rocky hills in south India.

- Scientific name: *Psammophilus dorsalis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3044
- Wikidata: [Q3017882](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3017882)
- iNaturalist taxon: [31408](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/31408)

## Names

- en: Rock Dragon
- de: Indische Felsenagame

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1487)

## Summary

The peninsular rock agama or South Indian rock agama (Psammophilus dorsalis) is a common species of agama found on rocky hills in south India. An allied species, Psammophilus blanfordanus, is found in the Eastern Ghats, but north of the range of this species.

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

## Photo

![Rock Dragon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rock-dragon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Haneesh K M · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100161711

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rock-dragon?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).