Large-scaled Rock Agama

L. nupta is a large sized lizard with a heavy head and nostrils on the canthus rostralis. The body is moderately depressed, and there are vertebral enlarged scales covering most of the lizard's back. It has a long tail with segments of three whorls. L. nupta has oviparous reproduction. The subspecies L. nupta nupta is yellowish or reddish brown, and the vertebral enlarged scales are strongly keeled. The subspecies L. nupta fusca has no nuchal fold, and the vertebral enlarged scales are strongly mucronate.

L. nupta is typically found in western Asia. The subspecies L. nupta nupta can be found in eastern Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. It resides in large limestone rocks and outcrops with deep crevices, and in man-made structures like mud-brick homes and old buildings. The subspecies L. nupta fusca can be found in southern Pakistan and southern Iran.

Plants are the main source of food for L. nupta. L. nupta fusca is omnivorous and are known to consume Daphne oleoides, beetles, and ants.