Uromastyx

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, alteration of Uromastix, from Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “a tail”) + μάστιξ (mástix, “a scourge, a whip”). Compare mastigure

Proper noun

Uromastyx f

A taxonomic genus within the family Agamidae – the mastigure lizards.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Iguania - order; Agamidae - family; Uromasticinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Uromastyx aegyptia - type species; Uromastyx acanthinura, Uromastyx alfredschmidti, Uromastyx benti, Uromastyx dispar, Uromastyx geyri, Uromastyx macfadyeni, Uromastyx nigriventris, Uromastyx occidentalis, Uromastyx ocellata, Uromastyx ornata, Uromastyx princeps, Uromastyx shobraki, Uromastyx thomasi, Uromastyx yemenensis - other species

Descendants

→ Italian: uromastice

See also

Saara - genus consisting of three species formerly in Uromastyx

References

Uromastyx on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Uromastyx on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Uromastyx on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Uromastyx at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Uromastyx at the Catalogue of Life
Uromastyx at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Uromastyx at Encyclopedia of Life
Uromastyx at Paleobiology Database
Uromastyx species at Reptile-Database.cz

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