Uromastyx macfadyeni
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Infraorder: | Acrodonta |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Uromastyx |
| Species: | U. macfadyeni
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| Binomial name | |
| Uromastyx macfadyeni H.W. Parker, 1932
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Uromastyx macfadyeni, also known commonly as Macfadyen's mastigure, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[3]
Etymology
The specific name, macfadyeni, is in honor of British geologist William Archibald Macfadyen.[4]: 164
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Uromastyx macfadyeni is stony shrubland, at altitudes of 53–500 m (174–1,640 ft).[1]
Behavior
Uromastyx macfadyeni is terrestrial and diurnal. It shelters beneath stones and in crevices of stones.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Mazuch T, Spawls S (2019). "Uromastyx macfadyeni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T199811A21708420. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199811/21708420. Downloaded on 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Uromastyx macfadyeni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
- ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
Further reading
- Lanza, B. (1983). "A List of the Somali Amphibians and Reptiles". Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento. 18 (1): 193–247. (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
- Lanza, B. (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia. 14: 407–465. (Uromastyx ocellata macfadyeni, p. 420).
- Parker, H.W. (1932). "Two Collections of Reptiles and Amphibians from British Somaliland". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1932: 335–367. (Uromastyx macfadyeni, new species).
- Parker, H.W. (1942). "The Lizards of British Somaliland". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College. 91 (1): 1–101. (Uromastix [sic] macfadyeni, p. 55).