Saara loricata

Saara loricata

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: Saara loricata

Name

Saara loricata (Blanford, 1874)

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.11.59, ♀, presented by P.L. Sclater, date unknown.
• Type locality: “haud procul a Bushire, urebe ad litus sinus Persici”.

Combinations

• Centrotrachelus loricatus Blanford, 1874: 660 [original combination]
• Uromastix loricatus — Boulenger, 1885: 409 [subsequent combination]
• Uromastyx asmussi loricatus — Mertens, 1956: 93 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Saara loricata — Wilms, Böhme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz, 2009: 69 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Blanford, W.T. 1874. Description of two Uromasticine Lizards from Mesopotamia and Southern Persia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1874: 656–661. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 1. Gekkonidae, Eublapheridae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 436 pp., 32 pls. BHL 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Saara loricata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 March 2020.
• Papenfuss, T., Bafti, S.S., Sharifi, M. & Anderson, S.C. 2009. IUCN: Saara loricata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164636A5913861. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164636A5913861.en
• Saara loricata – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Iraqi Spiny-tailed Lizard