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Schmidt’s Mastigure
Uromastyx alfredschmidti
Uromastyx alfredschmidti, commonly known as the ebony mastigure, Schmidt's mastigure, or Schmidt's spiny-tailed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is indigenous to North Africa.
From the article Uromastyx alfredschmidti on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The natural habitats of U. alfredschmidti are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rocky areas, and hot deserts.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
In human culture
The specific name, alfredschmidti, is in honor of German herpetologist Alfred A. Schmidt.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 31323.