Xenagama wilmsi

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: Agaminae
Genus: Xenagama
Species: Xenagama wilmsi

Name

• Xenagama wilmsi Wagner, Mazuch & Bauer, 2013

Holotype: ZFMK 93255, collected by Tomas Mazuch on 18.VII.2011.

Type locality: Ca. 42 km SE of Jijiga (Ogaden), Ethiopia at 09°09.353′N, 43°07.96′2E at 1742 m elevation.

Etymology: Named after Dr. Thomas M. Wilms "in recognition of his important contributions to North African and Arabian reptiles in general and the spiny-tailed agamid genera Uromastyx and Saara in particular".

References

• Wagner, Philipp, Tomas Mazuch & Aaron M. Bauer, 2013: An extraordinary tail – integrative review of the agamid genus Xenagama. Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12016.