Uromastyx alfredschmidti
| Uromastyx alfredschmidti | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Uromasticinae |
| Genus: | Uromastyx |
| Species: | U. alfredschmidti |
| Binomial name | |
| Uromastyx alfredschmidti Wilms & Böhme, 2001 | |
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Uromastyx alfredschmidti, commonly known as the ebony mastigure,[1] Schmidt's mastigure,[1][2] or Schmidt's spiny-tailed lizard,[2] is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.[2]
Etyymology
The specific name, alfredschmidti, is in honor of German herpetologist Alfred A. Schmidt.[1]
Geographic range
U. alfredschmidti is found in Algeria and Libya.[3]
Habitat
The natural habitats of U. alfredschmidti are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rocky areas, and hot deserts.
Conservation status
U. alfredschmidti is threatened by habitat loss.[3]
Diet
Like other species in the genus Uromastyx, U. alfredschmidti is herbivorous.[3]
Taxonomy
The generic name (Uromastyx) is derived from the Ancient Greek words ourá (οὐρά) meaning "tail" and mastigo (Μαστίχα) meaning "whip" or "scourge", after the thick-spiked tail characteristic of all Uromastyx species.
References
- 1 2 3 Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Uromastyx alfredschmidti, pp. 5, 236).
- 1 2 3 "Uromastyx alfredschmidti ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 1 2 3 Joger U, Böhme W. 2005. Uromastyx alfredschmidti 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
Further reading
- Wilms T, Böhme W. 2001. "Revision der Uromastyx acanthinura - Artengruppe, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art aus der Zentralsahara (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae)". [= "Revision of the Uromastyx acanthinura species group, with description of a new species from the Central Sahara (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae)"]. Zoologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden 51 (8): 73-104. (Uromastyx alfredschmidti, new species). (in German, with English abstract).