Uromastyx
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Acrodonta |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Uromastycinae
Genus: Uromastyx
Species (15):
U. acanthinura –
U. aegyptia –
U. alfredschmidti –
U. benti –
U. dispar –
U. geyri –
U. macfadyeni –
U. nigriventris –
U. ocellata –
U. occidentalis –
U. ornata –
U. princeps –
U. shobraki –
U. thomasi –
U. yemenensis
Name
[edit]- Type species: Stellio spinipes Daudin, 1802, by subsequent designation by Fitzinger (1843: 18).
- Gender: feminine.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page.
- Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Wilms, T. & Schmitz, A. 2007. A new polytypic species of the genus Uromastyx Merrem 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Leiolepidinae) from southwestern Arabia. Zootaxa 1394(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1394.1.1
Reference page.
- Wilms, T.M., Böhme, W., Wagner, P., Lutzmann, N. & Schmitz, A. 2009. On the Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Genus Uromastyx Merrem, 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Uromastycinae) – Resurrection of the Genus Saara Gray, 1845. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 56(1/2): 55–99. BHL Reference page.
- Tamar, K., Metallinou, M.†, Wilms, T., Schmitz, A., Crochet, P.-A., Geniez, P. & Carranza, S. 2018. Evolutionary history of spiny‐tailed lizards (Agamidae: Uromastyx) from the Saharo‐Arabian region. Zoologica Scripta 47(2): 159–173. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12266
Reference page.
- Böhme, W. & Denzer, W. 2019. Warum die Endungen adjektivischer Artnamen dem Geschlecht der Gattungsnamen angepasst werden müssen. Sauria 41(1): 55–62. PDF Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Uromastyx . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 March 2020.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Western Spiny-tailed Lizards
日本語: トゲオアガマ属
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