Saara asmussi

Saara asmussi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Uromastycinae
Genus: Saara
Species: Saara asmussi

Name

Saara asmussi (Strauch, 1863)

• Holotype: ZISP 3029, ♂, collected by Keyserling between 1858-1859.
• Type locality: “Seri-Tschah”, Iran.

Combinations

• Centrotrachelus asmussi Strauch, 1863: 479 [original combination]
• Uromastix asmussi — Boulenger, 1885: 409 [subsequent combination]
• Saara asmussi — Wilms, Böhme, Wagner, Lutzmann & Schmitz, 2009: 67 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Strauch, A. 1863. Characteristik zweier neuer Eidechsen aus Persien. Bulletin de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg 6: 477–480. BHL
• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 1. Gekkonidae, Eublapheridae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 436 pp., 32 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Wilms, T.M., Böhme, W., Wagner, P., Lutzmann, N. & Schmitz, A. 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(1/2): 55–99. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Saara asmussi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 March 2020.
• Saara asmussi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: Iranian Spiny-tailed Lizard