Biology:Uromastycinae

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Short description: Subfamily of lizards

Uromastycinae
Uromastyx ocellata qtl1.jpg
Uromastyx ocellata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Uromastycinae
Theobald, 1868
Genera

Two; see text

Uromastycinae is a subfamily of reptiles in the family Agamidae.[1]

Genera

The subfamily consists of the following two genera:

Image Genus Species
Uromastyx loricata.jpeg Saara Gray, 1845
  • Saara asmussi (Strauch, 1863)
  • Saara hardwickii (Gray, 1827)
  • Saara loricata (Blanford, 1874)
Blumengärten Hirschstetten 2016-02-21 Dornschwanzagame (Uromastyx geyri) c.jpg Uromastyx Merrem, 1820

References

  1. Uromasticinae, UniProt Taxonomy
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Uromastyx macfdyeni, p. 164).

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4006489 entry