Uromastyx shobraki

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

Uromastyx shobraki Wilms & Schmitz, 2007

Holotype: ZFMK 48681, adult ♂, collected by B. Schätti on 5–6 May 1988.
Type locality: “Mafraq Mocca (Mafraq al-Mukha), km 13.5, Republic of Yemen”.

Uromastyx yemenensis shobraki Wilms & Schmitz, 2007: 16 [original combination, as subspecies]
Uromastyx shobraki — Wilms, Böhme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz, 2009: 80 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Wilms, T. & Schmitz, A. 2007. A new polytypic species of the genus Uromastyx Merrem 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Leiolepidinae) from southwestern Arabia. Zootaxa 1394(1): 1–23. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1394.1.1 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.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Uromastyx shobraki. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 March 2020.
Wilms, T. 2012. IUCN: Uromastyx shobraki (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T199815A2612567. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199815A2612567.en

English: Shobrak's Spiny-tailed Lizard