{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Psammophilus'' | image = Peninsular Rock Agama (Psammophilus dorsalis)- Male breeding plumage- in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 7714.jpg | image_caption = ''Psammophilus dorsalis'' male. | taxon = Psammophilus | authority = Fitzinger, 1843 | synonyms = ''Charasia'' <small>Gray, 1845</small><ref>Boulenger, CA (1890) Fauna of British India. Reptilia & Batrachia. p. 144</ref> }}
'''''Psammophilus''''' is a genus of agamid lizards found in India. Although the genus name means "sand loving" in Greek, they are found in rocky habitats.
==Species == {| class="wikitable" |- ! Male !! Female !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px ||120px ||''Psammophilus blanfordanus'' {{small|(Stoliczka, 1871)}} || Blanford's rock agama||India (Chota Nagpur, as high as Parasnath Hill ). |- |120px||120px ||''Psammophilus dorsalis'' {{small|(Gray, 1831)}} || peninsular rock agama, South Indian rock agama||India (Western Ghats, Nilgiris, South Arcot, and Nallamalai Hills) |- |}
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Category:Psammophilus Category:Lizard genera Category:Taxa named by Leopold Fitzinger
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