Uromastyx aegyptia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
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 Toxicofera
Subordo: Iguania
Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Leiolepidinae
Genus: Uromastyx
Species: Uromastyx aegyptia
Subspecies (3): U. a. aegyptia – U. a. leptieni – U. a. microlepis

Name

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.S. 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. 
  • 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

Vernacular names

English: Egyptian Spiny–tailed Lizard
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