Saara (lizard)

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Saara is a genus of lizards in the subfamily Uromasticinae of the family Agamidae. The genus is endemic to Asia.

Saara
Saara hardwickii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Uromasticinae
Genus: Saara
Gray, 1845
Type species
Uromastix hardwickii
Species

Three, see text

Taxonomy

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Until 2009, the member species of the genus Saara were generally included in the genus Uromastyx.[1]

Geographic range and habitat

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Saara species are native to dry habitats in southwestern Asia, ranging from Iran to northwestern India.[1]

Species

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Image Scientific Name Common Name Distribution
  Saara asmussi (Strauch, 1863) Iranian mastigure, Persian spiny-tailed lizard Afghanistan, southern Iran, and Pakistan.
  Saara hardwickii (Gray, 1827) Hardwicke's spiny-tailed lizard, Indian spiny-tailed lizard India and Pakistan.
  Saara loricata (Blanford, 1874) Iraqi mastigure, Iraqi spiny-tailed lizard Iraq and Iran

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Saara.

References

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  1. ^ a b Wilms TM, Böhme W, Wagner P, Lutzmann N, Schmitz A (2009). "On the phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Uromastyx Merrem, 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Uromastycinae) - resurrection of the genus Saara Gray, 1845". Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56 (1/2): 55–99. PDF Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

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  • Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Saara, new genus, p. 262).