Uromastyx macfadyeni

Uromastyx macfadyeni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Uromastyx
Species:	U. macfadyeni
Binomial name
Uromastyx macfadyeni H.W. Parker, 1932
Synonyms
Uromastix [sic] macfadyeni (H.W. Parker, 1932) Uromastyx ocellata macfadyeni H.W.Parker, 1932

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

1. 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.
2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. Uromastyx macfadyeni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 28 April 2021.
4. 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).