Uromastyx

Translingual

Uromastyx aegyptia and Egyptian tortoises at a zoo

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

1. 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 Paleobiology Database
• Uromastyx species at Reptile-Database.cz