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Uromastyx  Merrem, 1820
Taxonomic Serial No.: 209040

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderIguania  – iguanes, Iguanas  
                               FamilyAgamidae  – Old World Arboreal Lizards, Agamid Lizards  
                                  SubfamilyUromastycinae   
                                     GenusUromastyx Merrem, 1820  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesUromastyx acanthinura Bell, 1825 – North-African Mastigure 
                                        SpeciesUromastyx aegyptia (Forskal, 1775) – Egyptian Mastigure, Egyptian Spiny-tailed Lizard 
                                        SpeciesUromastyx alfredschmidti Wilms and Böhme, 2001 – Schmidt's Mastigure 
                                        SpeciesUromastyx benti (J. Anderson, 1894) – Yemeni Spiny-tailed Lizard 
                                        SpeciesUromastyx dispar Heyden, 1827 – Sudan Mastigure 
                                        SpeciesUromastyx geyri L. Müller, 1922 – Geyr's Spiny-tailed Lizard 
                                        SpeciesUromastyx macfadyeni Parker, 1932 – Macfadyen's Mastigure 
                                        SpeciesUromastyx nigriventris Rothschild and Hartert, 1912 – Moroccan Spiny-tailed Lizard 
                                        SpeciesUromastyx occidentalis Mateo, Geniz, Lopez-Jurado and Bons, 1999  
                                        SpeciesUromastyx ocellata Lichtenstein, 1823 – Ocellated Spinytail 
                                        SpeciesUromastyx ornata Heyden, 1827 – Ornate Mastigure 
                                        SpeciesUromastyx princeps O'Shaughnessy, 1880 – Princely Spiny-tailed Lizard 
                                        SpeciesUromastyx shobraki Wilms and Schmitz, 2007  
                                        SpeciesUromastyx thomasi Parker, 1930 – Omani Spiny-tailed Lizard 
                                        SpeciesUromastyx yemenensis Wilms and Schmitz, 2007 – South Arabian Spiny-tailed Lizard 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Applegarth, J. S.   
  Publication Date: 1983   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Index to the Genera of Reptilia - A Device to Assist Curators. Sauria (Lacertilia and Amphisbaenia), Third Edition   
  Page(s): 54   
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