Uromastyx yemenensis WILMS & SCHMITZ, 2007

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Uromastycinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: South Arabian Spiny-tailed Lizard G: Südarabische Dornschwanzagame
Synonym	Uromastyx yemenensis WILMS & SCHMITZ 2007 Uromastyx ocellata benti – SCHÄTTI & GASPARETTI 1994 Uromastyx ocellata – SCHÄTTI & DESVOIGNES 1999 Uromastyx yemenensis — WILMS et al. 2009 Uromastyx yemenensis — TAMAR et al. 2017
Distribution	SW Arabia, SW Yemen Type locality: Abyan Governate, vicinity of Lodar (Lawdar), Republic of Yemen.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZFMK 47861, adult male, leg. I. Haikal, don. 1985; paratypes: ZFMK, MTD
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Uromastyx yemenensis sp. nov. is a medium-sized member of the U. ocellata group, which is distinguished from the more primitive U. asmussi, U. loricata and U. hardwickii by the absence of intercalary scales between the whorls of the dorsal surface of its tail; from U. thomasi and U. princeps by the longer tail and from all other species of the genus (with the exception of U. ocellata, U. ornata, U. benti and U. macfadyeni) by the arrangement of the whorls of the tail. In U. yemenensis as well as in the four above mentioned species the last 8–21 whorls each consists of a simple continuous series of large scales, while in all other Uromastyx species only the last 2–5 whorls are like this. The new species differs from U. ocellata, U. ornata and U. macfadyeni in lacking femoral- and preanal pores. Uromastyx yemenensis differs from its sister species U. benti in having smaller and more scales around midbody (192.53 +/-16.63 in U. yemenensis vs. 160.05 +/- 8.98 in U. benti) and smaller and more ventrals (87.61 +/-5.66 in U. yemenensis vs. 74 +/-4.02 in U. benti).
Comment	Uromastyx yemenensis shobraki WILMS & SCHMITZ 2007 has been elevated to full species status.
Etymology	U. yemenensis has been named after its distribution.
References	Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here Tamar, Karin; Margarita Metallinou , Thomas Wilms , Andreas Schmitz , Pierre‐André Crochet , Philippe Geniez , Salvador Carranza 2017. Evolutionary history of spiny-tailed lizards (Agamidae: Uromastyx) from the Saharo-Arabian region. Zoologica Scripta 47: 159– 173 - get paper here Wilms, T. 2007. Dornschwanzagamen der Gattung Uromastyx - Einführung in Taxonomie und Ökologie einer auf Wüsten spezialisierten Echsengruppe. Draco 8 (31): 4-19 - get paper here WILMS, T.M. & A. SCHMITZ 2007. A new polytypic species of the genus Uromastyx Merrem 1820 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae: Leiolepidinae) from southwestern Arabia. Zootaxa 1394: 1-23 - get paper here Wilms, Thomas M. and Wolfgang Böhme 2007. Review of the taxonomy of the spiny-tailed lizards of Arabia (Reptilia: Agamidae: Leiolepidinae: Uromastyx). FAUNA OF ARABIA 23: 435–468 - get paper here Wilms, Thomas; Böhme, Wolfgang; Wagner, Philipp; Lutzmann, Nicolà; Andreas Schmitz 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: 55-99 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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