Saara

Saara hardwickii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Uromastycinae
Genus: Saara
Species (3): S. asmussi – S. hardwickii – S. loricata

Name

Saara Gray, 1845: 262

• Type species: Uromastix hardwickii Gray in Harwicke & Gray, 1827, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Centrocercus Fitzinger, 1843: 18 [preoccupied by Centrocercus Swainson, 1832]
  • Type species: Uromastix griseus Cuvier, 1829, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman: London. xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Saara . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 March 2020.
• Saara – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Östliche Dornschwanzagamen
English: Eastern Spiny-tailed Lizards