Uromastyx nigriventris ROTHSCHILD & HARTERT, 1912

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Uromastycinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Moroccan Spiny-tailed Lizard G: Marokko-Dornschwanz
Synonym	Uromastix acanthinurus nigriventris ROTHSCHILD & HARTERT 1912: 468 Uromastix acanthinurus werneri MÜLLER 1922: 201 Uromastix acanthinurus var. pluriscutata FEJÉRVÁRY 1927: 514 Uromastyx acanthinurus werneri — MERTENS 1962: 427 Uromastyx acanthinurus werneri — WERMUTH 1967: 102 Uromastix acanthinura nigriventris — WILMS 2007 Uromastix acanthinura nigriventris — WILMS et al. 2007 Uromastix acanthinura nigriventris — KOBER & GEISSEL 2007 Uromastyx nigriventris — WILMS et al. 2009 Uromastyx nigriventris — TAMAR et al. 2017
Distribution	Morocco (east and south of the Atlas Mountain Chain), W Algeria (Sahara Atlas, NW/NE/SW of the Great Western Erg). Type locality: Tilrhempt between Laghouat and Ghardaia, Algeria. werneri: W Algeria through Morocco. Type locality: “Provinz Oràn” (= Ain Sefra?, fide MERTENS 1962, cited in WERMUTH 1967).
Reproduction	oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022)
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1969.2074, male, coll. W. Rothschild and E. Hartert, without date (for remarks see WILMS& BÖHME 2001).
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Comment
References	BOUAZZA, ABDELLAH; EL HASSAN EL MOUDEN & ABDESLAM RIHANE 2021. Checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Morocco: A taxonomic update and standard Arabic names. Herpetology Notes 14: 1-14. - get paper here FEJERVARY De, G.J. 1927. On a small collection of Reptiles from Morocco. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 20: 512-518 - get paper here Frank, M. 2012. Die Marokkkanische Dornschwanzagame, Uromastyx nigriventris. Natur und Tier Verlag, 64 pp. [review in Iguana 25 (2): 22] - get paper here Kane, Daniel; Steve Goodwin, Gerrit Jan Verspui, Anniek Tump, Gabriel Martínez del Mármol Marín 2019. Reptile diversity of southern Morocco: range extensions and the role of the Djebel Ouarkziz as a biogeographical barrier. Herpetology Notes 12: 787-793 - get paper here Kober, I. & Geissel, U. 2009. Terrarienbeleuchtung - Teil 1. Reptilia (Münster) 14 (75): 79-84 - get paper here Kolodziej, K. & Cenker, C. 2010. Unterwegs im Schmelztiegel der Arten - Herping in Marokko. Elaphe 2020 (3): 14-25 Martínez del Mármol, Gabriel; D. James Harris, Philippe Geniez, Philip de Pous, and Daniele Salvi 2019. Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 478 pp - get paper here Mediani, Mohamed; José Carlos Brito, Soumia Fahd 2015. Atlas of the amphibians and reptiles of northern Morocco: updated distribution and patterns of habitat selection. Basic and Applied Herpetology 29: - get paper here Mertens,R. 1962. Bemerkungen über Uromastyx acanthinurus als Rassenkreis. Senckenbergiana biologica 43: 425-432 Müller, L. 1922. Über eine neue Uromastix-Art aus der Zentral-Sahara. Naturwiss. Beobachter, Frankfurt 63: 193-201 Pauwels, O.S.G., Bonnin, J.L., Sancho, V. & Wilms, T. 2017. Uromastyx nigriventris (Moroccan Spiny-tailed Lizard) Longevity. Herpetological Review 48 (3): 569. - get paper here Rothschild, W. & Hartert, E. 1912. Ornithological explorations in Algeria. Novitates Zoologicae 18: 456-550 - get paper here Rouag R, Ziane N, De Sousa M 2024. A tentative list of reptilian fauna of Algeria and their conservation status. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e120471 - get paper here Safaa, B., & Mohammed, Z. 2021. Tolerance and osmotic response to food deprivation and salt loading in the herbivorous non-drinking Moroccan Spiny-tailed lizard Uromastyx nigriventris (Sauria: Agamidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 42 (4): 443–457 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 Trape, J.F.; Trape, S. & Chirio, L. 2012. Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. IRD Orstom, 503 pp. - get paper here Wermuth, Heinz 1967. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien. Agamidae. Das Tierreich 86: 1-127 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. & W. Böhme 2001. Revision der Uromastyx acanthinura - Artengruppe, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art aus der Zentralsahara (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae). Zool. Abh. Staatl. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 51 (8) - get paper here Wilms, T.; Strassen, B.; Oppermann, A. & Petri, C. 2007. Ein Beitrag zur artgerechten Einrichtung und Beleuchtung von Terrarien für die Haltung von Dornschwanzagamen. Draco 8 (31): 20-29 - 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 Zawadzki, Mike 2013. Die Überwinterung von Echsen. Draco 14 (55): 42-49 - get paper here Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
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