Uromastyx

Egyptian thorn tail ( Uromastyx aegyptia )

Uromastyx is a genus of lizards of the family of spiny-tailed lizards ( Uromasticinae ). The 15 species of the genus occur in North and Northeast Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Mauritania, Mali and Niger), in all the states on the Arabian Peninsula, as well as in a narrow strip along the north coast of the Persian Gulf to the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas. The genus was described in 1820 by the German biologist Blasius Merrem.

Features

The most prominent characteristic of the genus is the thick, reinforced with prickly scales tail, a feature that also true of the second kind of the spine tails, Saara true. In contrast to the Saara Schuppenwirtel of the tail are not separated by transverse rows of smooth or grained scales at Uromastyx. How Saara and all other Agamas Uromastyx has a acrodonte dentition (teeth sit on the top of the jaw). The sharp premaxillary bone ( premaxilla ) replaced in adult animals the incisors.

Species

  • North African Dornschwanzagame, Uromastyx acanthinura, BELL, 1825
  • Egyptian thorn tail, Uromastyx aegyptia, ( Forskal, 1775)
  • Schmidt Dornschwanzagame, Uromastyx alfredschmidti, Wilms & Böhme, 2001
  • Yemen Dornschwanzagame, Uromastyx benti, ( ANDERSON, 1894)
  • Südsaharische Dornschwanzagame, Uromastyx dispar, HEYDEN, 1827
  • Geyr Dornschwanzagame, Uromastyx geyri, MÜLLER, 1922
  • Macfadyens Dornschwanzagame, Uromastyx macfadyeni, ( PARKER, 1932)
  • Morocco -spine tail, Uromastyx nigriventris, ROTHSCHILD & HARTERT, 1912
  • Westsaharischer thorn tail, Uromastyx occidentalis, MATEO, GENIEZ, LOPEZ - JURADO & Bons, 1999
  • Decorated spine tail, Uromastyx ocellata, LICHTENSTEIN, 1823
  • Colorful Dornschwanzagame, Uromastyx ornata, HEYDEN, 1827
  • Somali Dornschwanzagame, Uromastyx princeps, O'Shaughnessy, 1880
  • South Arabian Dornschwanzagame, Uromastyx shobraki Wilms & SCHMITZ, 2007
  • Oman Dornschwanzagame, Uromastyx thomasi, PARKER, 1930
  • Yemeni Dornschwanzagame, Uromastyx yemenensis, Wilms & SCHMITZ, 2007
Squamata Agamidae Saara (genus)
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