Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: October 31st, 2023.
 
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Genus
Uromastyx
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Western Spiny-tailed Agamas, Thorny-tailed Agamas, Mastigures, Dabb Lizards
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Westliche Dornschwanzagamen, Westliche Dornschwänze
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Vestlige Tornhaleagamer
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1820 |  |
Uromastyx Merrem (type species: Stellio spinipes Daudin 1802) |
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1820 | |
Uromastix Merrem [substitute name for Uromastyx Merrem 1820] |
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1822 | |
Mastigura Fleming (type species: Stellio spinipes Daudin 1802; syn. Wermuth 1967) |
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1843 | |
Centrocercus Fitzinger [not Centrocercus Swainson 1831 (Aves)] (type species: Uromastix griseus Cuvier 1827; syn. Wermuth 1967) |
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1885 | |
Aporoscelis Boulenger (type species: Uromastix princeps O'Shaughnessy 1880; syn. Wermuth 1967) |
Contents:
15 species, of which 5 (33.3%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included Saara (e.g., Wermuth 1967).
Böhme (1982) and Moody (1983) separated the genera Uromastyx and
Leiolepis
from the family Agamidae and revalidated the family name Uromastycidae for that purpose.
Borsuk-Bialynicka & Moody (1984) reduced this group to subfamily status within the
Agamidae.
Lanza (1983) and Böhme (1997) pointed out that the gender of Uromastyx is feminine, thus changing many years’ traditional spelling of specific epithets
(e.g., acanthinura vs. acanthinurus).
Distribution:
N. Africa, Middle East.
Reported from:
Algeria,
Bahrain,
Chad,
Djibouti,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Jordan,
Kuwait,
Libya,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Niger,
Oman
(incl.
Masirah),
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
Somalia,
Sudan,
Syria,
Tunisia,
United Arab Emirates,
Western Sahara,
Yemen.
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Uromastyx acanthinura
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North African Spiny-tailed Agama, Black Spiny-tailed Agama, (Bell's Spiny-tailed Agama, Bell's Dabb Lizard, Dabb's Mastigure)
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Nordafrikanische Dornschwanzagame, Veränderlicher Dornschwanzagame
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Nordafrikansk Tornhaleagam
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1825 | |
Uromastyx acanthinurus Bell |
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1825 | |
Uromastyx richii Gray [substitute name for Uromastyx acanthinurus Bell 1825] (Wermuth 1967) |
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1830 | |
Uromastyx temporalis Valenciennes (Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch 1996) |
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1882 | |
? Uromastix capensis Fischer (Wermuth 1967) |
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1885 | |
Uromastix mutabilis Fischer [substitute name for Uromastyx acanthinurus Bell 1825] (Wermuth 1967) |
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1913 | |
Uromastix acanthinurus nigerrimus Hartert |
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1922 | |
Uromastix acanthinurus werneri Müller |
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1927 | |
Uromastix acanthinurus var. pluriscutata Fejérváry |
Remarks:
Previously included dispar, geyri and nigriventris. Mertens (1962) described a new subspecies (flavifasciatus) from Senegal, which was later (Böhme 1978) corrected to Mauritania, from where it is believed to have been introduced to Senegal. Gewalt (1977) recorded a specimen of acanthinurus from Cameroon, according to Böhme (1978) in fact a specimen of geyri, believed to have been introduced from Sahara by tourists and thus not to be regarded as part of the native Cameroon fauna. An unvouchered record from Sinai (Steindachner 1900) may have been based on an introduced dispar (Wilms & Böhme 2000).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Libya,
Morocco,
Tunisia.
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Uromastyx acanthinura
© Rune Midtgaard
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Uromastyx aegyptia
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Egyptian Spiny-tailed Agama
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Ägyptischer Dornschwanz
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Ægyptisk Tornhaleagam
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1775 | |
Lacerta aegyptia Forskål |
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Uromastix aegyptius Anderson 1896 |
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1775 | |
? Lacerta harbai Forskål (Wermuth 1967) |
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1802 | |
Stellio spinipes Daudin (Wermuth 1967) |
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Uromastyx spinipes Merrem 1820 |
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Mastigura spinipes Fleming 1822 |
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1874 | |
Uromastix microlepis Blanford (Arnold 1986; Moody 1987) |
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Uromastyx aegyptius microlepis Mertens 1956 |
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2000 | |
Uromastyx leptieni Wilms & Böhme (Wilms, Böhme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009) |
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Uromastyx aegyptia leptieni Wilms, Böhme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009 |
Other common names:
aegyptia: Eastern Egyptian Spiny-tailed Agama
leptieni: Eastern Arabian Spiny-tailed Agama, (Leptien's Spiny-tailed Agama)
microlepis: Desert Spiny-tailed Agama, Small-grain Spiny-tailed Agama
Remarks:
Includes three subspecies (aegyptia, leptieni, microlepis), previously regarded as separate species. Presence in Algeria and Libya needs confirmation (Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch 1996). There is no documented record of this species west of the Nile (Wilms & Böhme 2000).
Distribution:
Bahrain,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Jordan,
Kuwait,
Oman,
Qatar,
Saudi Arabia,
Sudan,
Syria,
United Arab Emirates,
Yemen.
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Uromastyx aegyptia
© Rune Midtgaard
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Uromastyx alfredschmidti
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Tassili Spiny-tailed Agama, (Schmidt's Spiny-tailed Agama)
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Schmidts Dornschwanzagame
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Tassili-tornhaleagam
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Uromastyx alfredschmidti Wilms & Böhme |
Remarks:
Reported localities in the Hoggar Mountain of Algeria are based on doubtful specimens. The species is known in Algeria only from localities closer to the Libyan border (Sindaco, Wilms & Venchi 2012).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Libya.
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Uromastyx benti
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South Arabian Spiny-tailed Agama, (Yemeni Spiny-tailed Agama, Bent's Spiny-tailed Agama)
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Südarabische Dornschwanzagame, (Jemen-Dornschwanzagame)
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Sydarabisk Tornhaleagam
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1894 | |
Aporoscelis benti Anderson |
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Uromastix benti Anderson 1896 |
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Uromastyx ocellata benti Schätti & Gasperetti 1994 |
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1899 | |
Uromastix simonyi Steindachner (Wermuth 1967) |
Remarks:
Regarded as a synonym of ocellatus by Schätti & Gasperetti (1994), but as a valid species by Seufer, Kowalski, Prokoph & Zilger (1998), and Wilms & Böhme (2000).
Distribution:
Oman,
Yemen.
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Uromastyx dispar
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South Saharan Spiny-tailed Agama
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Südsaharische Dornschwanzagame
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Sydsaharisk Tornhaleagam
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1827 | |
Uromastyx dispar Heyden |
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Uromastyx acanthinurus dispar Mertens 1962 |
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1962 | |
Uromastyx acanthinurus flavifasciatus Mertens (Tamar, Metallinou, Wilms, Schmitz, Crochet, Geniez & Carranza 2017) |
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Uromastyx flavifasciata Mateo, Geniez, López-Jurado & Bons 1998 |
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Uromastyx dispar flavifasciata Wilms & Böhme 2001 |
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1998 | |
Uromastyx flavifasciata obscura Mateo, Geniez, López-Jurado & Bons |
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1996 | |
Uromastyx maliensis Joger & Lambert |
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Uromastyx dispar maliensis Wilms & Böhme 2001 |
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2012 | |
Uromastyx dispar hodhensis Trape & Trape in Trape, Trape & Chirio |
Other common names:
dispar: Sudanese Spiny-tailed Agama
flavifasciata: Yellow-banded Spiny-tailed Agama, Banded Spiny-tailed Agama
hodhensis: Hodh Spiny-tailed Agama
maliensis: Malian Spiny-tailed Agama
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by Moody (1987).
Recorded from Sudan at the border to Egypt, but not from Egypt.
Marx' (1968) record from a locality near Cairo refer to aegyptia, and a specimen from Sinai was probably introduced.
Another, unvouchered record from Sinai of acanthinura (Steindachner 1900) may also have been based on an introduced dispar (Wilms & Böhme 2000).
Introduced to:
USA
(Florida).
Distribution:
Algeria,
Chad,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Morocco,
Sudan,
Western Sahara.
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Uromastyx dispar
© Rune Midtgaard
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Uromastyx geyri
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Central Saharan Spiny-tailed Agama, (Geyr's Spiny-tailed Agama)
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Zentralsaharische Dornschwanzagame, (Geyrs Dornschwanzagame)
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Centralsaharisk Tornhaleagam
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1854 | |
? Uromastyx temporalis Valenciennes (status uncertain; Wilms & Böhme 2001) |
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1922 | |
Uromastix geyri Müller |
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Uromastyx acanthinurus geyri Mertens 1962 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of acanthinura (e.g., Wermuth 1967; Joger & Lambert 1996). Revalidated by Joger (1981). Gewalt (1977) recorded a specimen of acanthinurus from Cameroon, according to Böhme (1978) in fact a specimen of geyri, believed to have been introduced from Sahara by tourists and thus not to be regarded as part of the native Cameroon fauna.
Distribution:
Algeria,
Mali,
Niger.
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Uromastyx geyri
© Rune Midtgaard
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Uromastyx macfadyeni
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Somali Spiny-tailed Agama, (Macfadyen's Spiny-tailed Agama)
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Nordwestsomalische Dornschwanzagame, (Macfadyens Dornschwanzagame)
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Nordvestsomalisk Tornhaleagam
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1932 | |
Uromastix macfadyeni Parker |
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Uromastyx ocellata macfadyeni Lanza 1990 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of ocellata (e.g., Lanza 1990; Schätti 1989) or as a synonym of same (Lanza 1990; Schätti & Gasperetti 1994).
Not mentioned for Djibouti by Mazuch & Spawls (2019) or by Spawls, Mazuch & Mohammad (2023), although included for the country by several other works
(e.g., Lanza 1990; Ineich 1999; Vernet 2000; Nistri & Vanni 2014).
Distribution:
Djibouti,
Somalia.
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Uromastyx nigriventris
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Moroccan Spiny-tailed Agama
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Marokko-Dornschwanz
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Marokkansk Tornhaleagam
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Uromastix acanthinurus nigriventris Rothschild & Hartert |
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Uromastix nigriventris Wilms, Böhme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009 |
Distribution:
Algeria,
Morocco.
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Uromastyx nigriventris
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Uromastyx occidentalis
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Giant Spiny-tailed Agama, Western Giant Spiny-tailed Agama
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Westsaharischer Dornschwanz
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Vestsaharisk Tornhaleagam
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1998 | |
Uromastyx occidentalis Mateo, Geniez, López-Jurado & Bons |
Distribution:
Western Sahara.
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Uromastyx ocellata
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Ocellated Spiny-tailed Agama, Eyed Spiny-tailed Agama
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Geschmückter Dornschwanz
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Argus-tornhaleagam
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1823 | |
Uromastyx ocellatus Lichtenstein |
Remarks:
Reported to occur in Djibouti by some authors (Schätti 1989; Wilms & Böhme 2000; Wilms 2001; Wilms, Böhme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009), but not listed for the country by Nistri & Vanni (2014).
Distribution:
Djibouti,
Egypt,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Israel,
Somalia,
Sudan,
Yemen.
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Uromastyx ocellata
© Rune Midtgaard
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Uromastyx ornata
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Ornate Spiny-tailed Agama
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Bunte Dornschwanzagame
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Pragt-tornhaleagam
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1827 | |
Uromastyx ornatus Heyden |
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Uromastyx ocellatus ornatus Arnold 1986 |
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1938 | |
Uromastyx philbyi Parker (Tamar, Metallinou, Wilms, Schmitz, Crochet, Geniez & Carranza 2017) |
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Uromastyx ocellatus philbyi Arnold 1986 |
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Uromastyx ornatus philbyi Arnold 1987 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of ocellata (e.g., Arnold 1986) or as a synonym of same (e.g., Schätti & Gasperetti 1994).
Distribution:
Egypt
(Sinai),
Israel,
Saudi Arabia,
Yemen.
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Uromastyx ornata
© Rune Midtgaard
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Uromastyx princeps
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Armored Spiny-tailed Agama, Princely Spiny-tailed Agama
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Nordostsomalische Dornschwanzagame, (Somalische Dornschwanzagame)
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Nordøstsomalisk Tornhaleagam
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1880 | |
Uromastix princeps O'Shaughnessy |
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Aporoscelis princeps Boulenger 1885 |
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1954 | |
Uromastix princeps scorteccii Cherchi |
Distribution:
Somalia.
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Uromastyx shobraki
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Western Yemen Spiny-tailed Agama, (Shobrak's Spiny-tailed Agama)
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Westjemenitische Dornschwanzagame, (Südarabische Dornschwanzagame)
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Vestyemenitisk Tornhaleagam
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Uromastyx yemenensis shobraki Wilms & Schmitz |
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Uromastix shobraki Wilms, Böhme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz 2009 |
Distribution:
Yemen.
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Uromastyx thomasi
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Oman Spiny-tailed Agama, Thomas' Spiny-tailed Agama
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Oman-Dornschwanzagame
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Omansk Tornhaleagam
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1930 | |
Uromastix thomasi Parker |
Distribution:
Oman
(incl.
Masirah).
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Uromastyx yemenensis
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Southern Yemen Spiny-tailed Agama, (South Arabian Spiny-tailed Agama)
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Südjemenitische Dornschwanzagame, (Jemenitische Dornschwanzagame)
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Sydyemenitisk Tornhaleagam
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2007 | |
Uromastyx yemenensis Wilms & Schmitz |
Remarks:
Previously included shobraki.
Distribution:
Yemen.
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