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Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard

Scientific name: Uromastyx aegyptia

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0013

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埃及刺尾蜥
مصری سانڈا
মিশরীয় কাঁটালেজা টিকটিকি
Ägyptischer Dornschwanz
Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard
Lagarto de cola espinosa egipcio
سوسمار دم‌خاردار مصری
Fouette-queue d'Égypte
मिस्री काँटेदार पूँछ वाली छिपकली
Kadal ekor duri Mesir
Cicak ekor berduri Mesir
Lagarto-de-cauda-espinhosa-egípcio
Египетский шипохвост
Mısır dikenli kuyruklu kertenkelesi

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1AlRashidi et al. 2025 — Burrow characteristics and microhabitat use of Uromastyx aegyptia in northern Saudi ArabiaSRC-125
2IUCN — Reptiles of the Arabian PeninsulaSRC-024
3GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Uromastyx aegyptia (Forskål, 1775)SRC-163
4The Reptile DatabaseSRC-015
5Al-Sadoon, Paray & Al-Otaibi 2016 — Survey of the reptilian fauna of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. V. The lizard fauna of Turaif regionSRC-282
6Uromastyx aegyptiaSRC-339

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Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20260929T134720929 · last approved 29 September 2026

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الحِسْلYoungاسم ولد الضب حين يخرج من بيضته، فإذا كبر سُمي «غَيْداقًا»، كما في لسان العرب؛ ومنه كنية الضب «أبو الحِسْل».

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The scientific name of the Egyptian spiny-tailed lizard is Uromastyx aegyptia.

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3GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Uromastyx aegyptia (Forskål, 1775)SRC-163

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