Uromastyx benti

Uromastyx benti, also known commonly as Bent's mastigure and the Yemeni spiny-tailed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to the southeastern Arabian Peninsula.

Uromastyx benti
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Uromastyx
Species:
U. benti
Binomial name
Uromastyx benti
(Anderson, 1894)
Synonyms[3]
  • Aporoscelis benti
    Anderson, 1894
  • Uromastix benti
    — Anderson, 1896
  • Uromastyx benti
    — Parker, 1938

Etymology

The specific name, benti, is in honor of English explorer James Theodore Bent.[4]

Geographic range

U. benti is found in Oman and Yemen.[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of U. benti is rocky areas, at altitudes of 800–1,000 m (2,600–3,300 ft).[1]

Diet

U. benti is herbivorous, and its diet includes dry grasses.[1]

Reproduction

U. benti is oviparous.[3] Breeding takes place once a year, and clutch size is 6–12 eggs.[1]

References
  1. Wilms T, Sindaco R, Busais SMS, Mohammed SF (2012). "Uromastyx benti ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T199601A2605991. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199601/2605991. Downloaded on 20 December 2020.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. Uromastyx benti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
  4. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Uromastyx benti, p. 23).

Further reading
  • Anderson J (1894). "On Two new Species of Agamoid Lizards from the Hadramut, South-eastern Arabia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Sixth Series 14: 376–378. (Aporoscelis benti, new species, pp. 376–377).
  • Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
  • Zilger H-J, Zwanzig B-M, Grossman W, Kowalski T, Ballandat S (2016). "Neue Angaben zur Verbreitung der Jemen-Dornschwanzagame Uromastyx benti (Anderson, 1894) im Sultanat Oman [= New data on the distribution of the Yemeni Spiny-tailed Agama Uromastyx benti in the Sultanate of Oman]". Sauria 38 (4) : 3–7. (in German).



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