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Uromastyx geyri MÜLLER, 1922

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Uromastycinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Geyr’s Spiny-tailed Lizard, Sahara Mastigure
G: Geyrs Dornschwanzagame 
SynonymUromastyx temporalis VALENCIENNES 1854 (?)
Uromastix geyri MÜLLER 1922: 193
Uromastyx acanthinurus geyri — MERTENS 1962: 430
Uromastyx acanthinurus geyri — WERMUTH 1967: 101
Uromastyx (acanthinura) geyri — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 310
Uromastyx geyri — WILMS & BÖHME 2001
Uromastyx geyri — WILMS et al. 2009
Uromastyx geyri — TAMAR et al. 2017 
DistributionSouth Algeria, Mali and Niger (Air and Hoggar Mountain area).

Type locality: entre Aquebly et Djebbel-Hoggar, Sahara. Lectotype: Gara Djenoum, Ahaggar Mts. Algeria, S Algeria.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesNeotype: ZFMK 9230 (designated by MÜLLER 1951); Paratypes: ZFMK 9226, female, upper Tahihaout, 28 April 1914; ZFMK 9227, male, Oued Ouhat, 8 April 1914; ZFMK 9228, juvenile, In Kelmet, 6 February 1914; all localities in the Ahaggar Mountains, South Algeria, from the same collector; ZSM. 
Diagnosis 
CommentStatus of Uromastyx temporalis unclear. 
Etymologynamed after ornithologist H. Geyr von Schweppenburg who brought the first specimens of this species to Europe. 
References
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