Fringe-toed sand lizard

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Fringe-toed sand lizard
Fringe-toed Sand Lizard imported from iNaturalist photo 28265310 on 20 April 2022.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Phrynosomatidae
Genus: Uma
Species:
U. exsul
Binomial name
Uma exsul
Schmidt & Bogert, 1947

The fringe-toed sand lizard (Uma exsul) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. [2] It is endemic to Mexico. [2] It is omnivorous, with the ability to detect food chemically by tongue-flicking. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Vazquez Díaz, J.; Gadsden, H.; Quintero Díaz, G.E.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Lavin, P. (2007). "Uma exsul". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T64162A12742974. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64162A12742974.en . Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 Uma exsul at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 10 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Cooper, William E.; Castañeda, Gamaliel; GarcÍa de la Peña, Cristina (September 2006). "Phylogenetic Constraints Do Not Block Food Chemical Discrimination in the Omnivorous Phrynosomatid Lizard Uma Exsul". Journal of Herpetology. 40 (3): 329–335. doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[329:PCDNBF]2.0.CO;2 . Retrieved 11 December 2022.
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