Species Hierarchy
Kingdom ANIMAL (ANIMALIA)
Phylum BACKBONED ANIMALS (CHORDATA)
Class REPTILES (REPTILIA)
Order LIZARDS AND SNAKES (SQUAMATA)
Family LIZARDS - AGAMAS (AGAMIDAE)
Common name:
Scentific name: UROMASTYX MALIENSIS

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Location: REPTILE ZOO, MONROE, WA., USA, 2006

Species Info:

This lifeform is found in northern Africa.

Uromastyx genus is native to northern Africa and the Middle East. These lizards are primarily plant eaters.

Agamid lizards (Agamidae) are found from Europe and Africa east to Australia.  This family also include the unusual Draco Lizards of Indo-Australia which soar from tree to tree with the aid of a skin piece stretched between their legs. There are about 300 species in this family.  There are about 70 species found in Australia which include many terrestrial species.

Lizards and Snakes (Squamata Order) share many common characteristics and consequently they are grouped in a single order. There are greater differences between some groups of lizards than there are between other groups of lizards and snakes. The same is true of snakes. Lizards and snakes share a common skull shape.

Reptiles (Class Reptilia) are an ancient group of scaled  chordates. These scales may be permanently joined, as in the  turtles, or flexible, as in the snakes. Reptiles are land-based. Their eggs are laid on land and the young are air breathing.

Backboned Animals (Phylum Chordata) are the most advanced group of animals on earth. These animals are characterized by having a spinal cord or backbone. Most members have a clearly defined brain that controls the organism through a spinal cord. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are in this phylum.

Currently, some taxonomists believe that the fish should be divided into two groups (sharks and regular fishes) and that there are some other primitive groups in the phylum such as hagfish or lampreys.

Animal Kingdom contains numerous organisms that feed on other animals or plants. Included in the animal kingdom are the lower marine invertebrates such as sponges and corals, the jointed legged animals such as insects and spiders, and the backboned animals such as fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

 

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