Uromastyx
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Uromastyx aegyptia and Egyptian tortoises at a zoo
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
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
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
