Uromastyx alfredschmidti, commonly known as the ebony mastigure,[3] Schmidt's mastigure,[3][4] or Schmidt's spiny-tailed lizard,[4] is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.[4] The species is indigenous to North Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Uromastyx |
| Species: | U. alfredschmidti
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Etymology edit
The specific name, alfredschmidti, is in honor of German herpetologist Alfred A. Schmidt.[3]
Geographic range edit
Habitat edit
The natural habitats of U. alfredschmidti are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rocky areas, and hot deserts.
Conservation status edit
U. alfredschmidti is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Diet edit
Like other species in the genus Uromastyx, U. alfredschmidti is herbivorous.[1]
Reproduction edit
Taxonomy edit
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 edit
- ^ a b c d Joger, U.; Böhme, W. (2006). "Uromastyx alfredschmidti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61590A12502939. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61590A12502939.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ a b c 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).
- ^ a b c d Species Uromastyx alfredschmidti at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading edit
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
- Sindaco R, Wilms TM, Venchi A (2012). "On the distribution of Uromastyx alfredschmidti Wilms & Böhme, 2000 [sic] (Squamata: Agamidae: Uromastycinae)". Acta Herpetologica 7 (1): 23-28.
- Tamar K, Metallinou M, Wilms T, Schmitz A, Crochet P-A, Geniez P, Carranza S (2017). "Evolutionary history of spiny-tailed lizards (Agamidae: Uromastyx) from the Saharo-Arabian region". Zoologica Scripta 47 (2): 159-173.
- Trape J-F, Trape S, Chirio L (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).
- 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).
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