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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Uromastycinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesUromastyx dispar dispar HEYDEN 1827
Uromastyx dispar flavifasciata MERTENS 1962
Uromastyx dispar hodhensis TRAPE, TRAPE & CHIRIO 2012
Uromastyx dispar maliensis JOGER & LAMBERT 1996 
Common NamesE: Sudan Mastigure
G: Südsaharische Dornschwanzagame 
SynonymUromastyx acanthinura dispar HEYDEN 1827
Uromastyx dispar HEYDEN in RÜPPELL 1827: 5
Uromastyx acanthinurus dispar — MERTENS 1962: 430
Uromastyx acanthinurus dispar — WERMUTH 1967: 101
Uromastyx dispar — WILMS & BÖHME 2001
Uromastyx acanthinura dispar — WILMS 2002 (in error)
Uromastyx dispar — BARTS & WILMS 2003
Uromastyx dispar dispar — TRAPE et al. 2012
Uromastyx dispar — TAMAR et al. 2017

Uromastyx dispar flavifasciata MERTENS 1962
Uromastyx acanthinurus flavifasciata MERTENS 1962
Uromastyx flavifasciata — MATEO 1999
Uromastyx dispar flavifasciata — WILMS & BÖHME 2001
Uromastyx flavifasciata obscura MATEO et al. 1999 (fide WILMS & BÖHME 2001)
Uromastyx acanthinura cf. flavifasciata — WILMS 2002: 15
Uromastyx flavifasciata — GENIEZ et al. 2004
Uromastyx dispar flavifasciata — WILMS et al. 2009
Uromastyx dispar flavifasciata — TRAPE et al. 2012
Uromastyx dispar flavifasciata — MARTÍNEZ DEL MÁRMOL et al. 2023

Uromastyx dispar maliensis JOGER & LAMBERT 1996
Uromastyx maliensis JOGER & LAMBERT 1996
Uromastyx dispar maliensis — WILMS & BÖHME 2001
Uromastyx maliensis — WILMS 2002: 18
Uromastyx dispar maliensis — WILMS et al. 2003
Uromastyx dispar maliensis — WILMS et al. 2009
Uromastyx dispar maliensis — SCHLÜTER 2010
Uromastyx dispar maliensis — TRAPE et al. 2012

Uromastyx dispar hodhensis TRAPE, TRAPE & CHIRIO 2012 
Distributiondispar: Morocco (fide moroccoherps.com), Mauritania, Sudan, Chad (Tibesti and Ennedi Mountains). Type locality: Wüste bei Ambucol und Dongala, Nubien (= Sudan (Jumhūriyyat)).

flavifasciata: Western Sahara south of 28° northern latitude, Mauritania, SW Algeria; Type locality: approx. 50 km north of Dakar, Senegal (For the reliability of the type locality see BÖHME 1978).

U. flavifasciata obscura has been described from from Gol el Carrashit (Western Sahara) (21°23'N 14°27'W).

maliensis: NW Mali, SW Algeria; Type locality: Mali, 40 south-east of Goa.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: SMF 10417 (fide WILMS et al. 2009)
Holotype: SMF 58032; coll. N. Heidrich, 01.11.1961 [flavifasciata]
Holotype: MNHN-RA 2011.0272 (previusly IRD TR.2284). Collected on 7 Dec 2007 by J.-F. Trape [hodhensis]
Holotype: HLMD RA 1545, collected by H. Rudolf. Paratypes: MNHN, CAS, GNHM [maliensis]
Holotype: ULPGC (also as DBULPGC) 7, adult male [obscura] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2418 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentStatus of Uromastyx temporalis unclear. U. d. flavifasciata has been erroneously reported from Senegal by WELCH 1982 (fide JOGER 1983). U. d. maliensis has been kept together with U. a. acanthinura and U. a. geyri for 8 years without interbreeding (Joger & Gray 1997). U. d. maliensis has been reported from Egypt although there is no locality record (however, it occurs near the Egyptian border in N Sudan).

Phylogenetics: Samples of U. d. dispar from the eastern edge of the distribution range (i.e., Egypt, Sudan and Chad) are phylogenetically exceptionally close to samples of U. d. flavifasciata from the western edge (i.e., Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania) displaying an extremely low genetic diversity (Tamar et al. 2017). Unfortunately, due to the low representation of two subspecies, U. d. maliensis and U. d. hodhensis, and lack of samples from the contact zones of all four subspecies, Tamar et al. were unable to fully account for their systematic status. 
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