Uromastyx aegyptia

Uromastyx aegyptia

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: Uromastyx
Species: Uromastyx aegyptia
Subspecies (3): U. a. aegyptia – U. a. leptieni – U. a. microlepis

Name

Uromastyx aegyptia (Forsskål, 1775)

• Neotype: ZFMK 44216, adult ♂, collected by I. Rehak in August 1982. [designated by Wilms & Böhme (2000: 136)]
• Type locality: “Aegypto [=Egypt]”, redesigned by neotype designation to “Egypt, Suez at the road to Cairo” by Wilms & Böhme (2000: 136).

Combinations

• Lacerta aegyptia Forsskål, 1775: 13 [original combination]
• Uromastix aegyptius — Anderson, 1898: 129 [subsequent combination]
• Uromastyx aegyptia — Flower, 1933: 779 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Forsskål, P. 1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex Officina Mölleri: Hauniae [=Copenhagen]. 1–20 + i–xxxiv + 1–164 + 1 map. 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Uromastyx aegyptia. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 May 2019.
• Wilms, T., Eid, E.K.A., Al Johany, A.M.H., Amr, Z.S.S., Els, J., Baha El Din, S., Disi, A.M., Sharifi, M., Papenfuss, T., Shafiei Bafti, S. & Werner, Y.L. 2012. IUCN: Uromastyx aegyptia  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T164729A115304711. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164729A1071308.en
• Uromastyx aegyptia – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Egyptian Spiny–tailed Lizard