Welcome Agamid-Researchers,

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1 Welcome Agamid-Researchers, following very successful meetings on Varanid lizards and the Viviparous Lizard (species?), the Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig is hosting the 1 ST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON AGAMID LIZARDS. February 22-24, 2008 It was after the third symposium on monitor lizards that we developed the concept of organising a symposium on this amazingly diverse and spectacular group of lizards. We aimed to bring together the leading agamid researchers to exchange knowledge, develop ideas and new projects on this lizard family. The programme presented in this booklet, together with the abstracts, shows that our original concept has been realized. The programme includes 17 talks and three posters across a wide variety of topics on African, Middle Eastern, Asian and Australian agamid lizards. The Organizing Committee is very proud to welcome this impressive gathering of agamid researchers in Bonn and we hope that everyone has a rewarding conference, gaining new insights and developing new collaborative projects. The talks will be published in a special issue of the Bonner zoologische Beiträge and can be ordered directly from the museum and are available in institutes around the world. For the Organizing Committee: PHILIPP WAGNER

2 PROGRAMME Friday, February 22 th Registration Breaking the Ice with Small Talks and Diner Saturday, February 23 th OPENING CEREMONY PROF. W. BÖHME, Deputy-Director of the Museum A. Koenig SESSION A: AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST SCOTT M. MOODY A history of classifications and phylogenies of the Family Agamidae MARTIN SANDERA & ZUZANA STAROSTOVÁ A record of Asian agama of the genus Calotes in Kenya. p. 2 p. 3 COFFEE BREAK PHILIPP WAGNER & WOLFGANG BÖHME On the origin of Agama agama a historical review. p STEPHEN SPAWLS African agamas, an overview. p. 7 LUNCH TIME ADAM LEACHÉ Phylogenetic relationships of African Agama lizards and Phylogeography of Agama agama across sub-saharan Africa, with an emphasis on West Africa p THOMAS M. WILMS & M. SHOBRAK Activity profiles, habitat selection and morphology of Uromastyx aegyptia microlepis BLANFORD, 1875 at Mahazat as- Sayd Protected Area, Saudi Arabia. p PHILIPP WAGNER The arid corridor from Middle East to Africa. Insights from the Agamidae. COFFEE BREAK SESSION B: ASIA & AUSTRALIA p NATALIA ANANJEVA Taxonomic, morphological and ecological diversity of Asian agamids WOLFGANG DENZER & ULRICH MANTHEY Remarks on the genus Gonocephalus JAMES SCHULTE II Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of the agamid subfamily Draconinae. p. 11 p. 12 p SOCIAL EVENT

3 Sunday, February 24 th MADHURI RAMESH Status survey of the Indian spiny-tailed lizards Uromastyx hardwickii in the arid regions of Rajasthan, north western India SURANJAN KARUNARATHNA & THASUN AMARASINGHE A study of behaviour, habitat and ecology on Calotes ceylonensis from Sri Lanka JAKOB HALLERMANN The genera Pseudocalotes and Bronchocela in south east Asia : Taxonomy and distribution. p. 14 p. 15 p. 16 COFFEE BREAK PERRY WOOD A preliminary phylogeny of the genus Acanthosaura Gray 1931, inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear genes JESSE GRISMER Who's who. The specific status of Leiolepis belliana and Leiolepis reevesi. p. 17 p. 18 LUNCH TIME JANE MELVILLE Phylogenetic relationships of Australian agamids SCOTT M. MOODY Viviparity in the family Agamidae. p. 19 p. 20 POSTERS MELNIKOV et al. KONSTANTIN D. MILTO BURMANN et al. On Systematics and phylogeography of sun watcher toad agamas Phrynocephalus helioscopus (PALLAS, 1771). Distributional patterns of agamids in the north Caspian regions Phylogeography & taxonomy of the Agamid lizards (Sauria: Agamidae) of East Africa: morphological and genetic analysis. p. 21 p. 23 p. 24

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5 POSTER On Systematics and phylogeography of sun watcher toad agamas Phrynocephalus helioscopus (PALLAS, 1771) DANIEL MELNIKOV 1, NATALIA B. ANANJEVA 1, MEHDI RAJABIZADEH 2 & KONSTANTIN MILTO Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran, Iran. Results of our study on historical background and taxonomic status of two Iranian- Transcaucasian forms - Phynocephalus persicus DEFILIPPI, 1863 and Phynocephalus helioscopus horváthi MÉHELY, 1894 was showed recently (MELNIKOV et al. 2008). Results of our current study on toad agamas of helioscopus-group from whole species range with the same mitochondrial marker (ND2, 700 bp) and its congruence with morphology are presented. Two main lineage - Iranian-Transcaucasian and Turanian - were detected on molecular analysis data. Specimens from southernmost locality Abadeh (Southern Iran, Zagros mountains) occupy basal position in Iranian-Transcaucasian lineage. Apical positions in this lineage have specimens from Saveh (Central Iran, type territory of Ph. persicus) and specimens from Aralik (Turkey, type territory of Ph. h. horváthi), Armavir (Armenia), Iughli (north-western Iran). These two forms also have good morphological differences in distance between nostrils and L/Lcd ratio (Melnikov et al., 2008). Contrary to our previous opinion about horváthi as a form of Turanian lineage, now we have strongly supported data that it belongs to Iranian-Transcaucasian lineage. Basal position of agamas from Charyn and Taskarasu (south-eastern Kazakhstan, left bank of Ili River, near to type territory of Ph. h. cameranoi BEDRIAGA, 1907) is most surprising in Turanian lineage. Other lizards from the south-eastern Kazakhstan (Otar, Burylbaital, Ay, Panfilov) are clustered with agamas from Fuyun (western China, type territory of Ph. varius Eichwald, 1831) and occupy apical position in this lineage. Specimens from Baskunchak, Tautobe (south-eastern Russia, Astrakhan region) and Akespe, Kamyshlibash (western Kazakhstan, Aral Sea) have another apical position in this lineage. Type territory of Ph. helioscopus (PALLAS, 1771) is situated between these two areas. Phylogenetic positions of specimens from Kagan and Tamdy, Eddum (southern Uzbekistan) are not clear because of 21

6 scanty material. Agamas from supported clades demonstrate some difference in morphology. Ph. h. helioscopus specimens have jet-black tip of tail, that easy to distinguish even on old collection material. Coloration of lower surface of tail end in males Ph. h. helioscopus is ensanguined, in Ph. h. varius is vinous, in animals from Charyn and Taskarasu is orange-red. This red coloration is fast to disappear in collection specimens. Morphological features suitable for identification of collection material are working out. 22