Uromastyx alfredschmidti

Uromastyx alfredschmidti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Iguania
Family:Agamidae
Genus:Uromastyx
Species: U. alfredschmidti
Binomial name
Uromastyx alfredschmidti
Wilms & Böhme, 2001

Uromastyx alfredschmidti, commonly known as the ebony mastigure,[1] Schmidt's mastigure,[1][2] or Schmidt's spiny-tailed lizard,[2] is a species of lizards in the family Agamidae.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, alfredschmidti, is in honor of German herpetologist Alfred A. Schmidt.[1]

Geographic range

U. alfredschmidti is found in Algeria and Libya.[3]

Habitat

The natural habitats of U. alfredschmidti are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rocky areas, and hot deserts.

Conservation status

U. alfredschmidti is threatened by habitat loss.[3]

Diet

Like other species in the genus Uromastyx, U. alfredschmidti is herbivorous.[3]

Taxonomy

The generic name (Uromastyx) is derived from the Ancient Greek words ourá (οὐρά) meaning "tail" and mastigo (Μαστίχα) meaning "whip" or "scourge", after the thick-spiked tail characteristic of all Uromastyx species.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Uromastyx alfredschmidti, pp. 5, 236).
  2. 1 2 3 "Uromastyx alfredschmidti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 1 2 3 Joger U, Böhme W. 2005. Uromastyx alfredschmidti 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.

Further reading

  • Wilms T, Böhme W. 2001. "Revision der Uromastyx acanthinura - Artengruppe, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art aus der Zentralsahara (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae)". [= "Revision of the Uromastyx acanthinura species group, with description of a new species from the Central Sahara (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae)"]. Zoologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden 51 (8): 73-104. (Uromastyx alfredschmidti, new species). (in German, with English abstract).


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