Saara hardwickii
(Redirected from Uromastyx hardwickii)
- English: Spiny-tailed Lizard
- العربية: ضب هندي
- Cebuano: Uromastyx hardwickii
- Deutsch: Indischer Dornschwanz
- euskara: Uromastyx hardwickii
- 日本語: インドトゲオアガマ
- Nederlands: Indische doornstaartagame
- Diné bizaad: Naakaii Dootłʼizhii Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ naʼashǫ́ʼii bitseewozhí
- русский: Индийский шипохвост
- svenska: Uromastyx hardwickii
- українська: Шипохвіст індійський
- Winaray: Uromastyx hardwickii
Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Subclassis: Diapsida • Superordo: Lepidosauria • Ordo: Squamata • Subordo: Sauria • Infraordo: Iguania • Familia: Agamidae • Genus: Uromastyx • Species: Uromastyx hardwickii Gray, 1827
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Uromastyx hardwickii
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A front view.
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A view from the rear. Note the rounded head and flat snout.
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The dorso-ventrally flat body is clearly made out.
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Close up of front half.
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Close up of rear half - note the blue-grey spiny tail and toes on the foot.
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Falco jugger feeding on a spiny-tailed lizard. The lizard was identified from remains (tail).
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Tail of a Spiny-tailed lizard which fell as prey to a Laggar Falcon.
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A juvenile Spiny-tailed lizard.
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A dead uromastyx found on the dunes.
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A tail of Uromastyx found below the habitual perch of Tawny Eagle, Aquila rapax.
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Fresh pellet of Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax shows spines of ingested Uromastyx. The eagle was video-photographed ejecting this pellet.
- The images in the gallery below are a series of photos taken at two Uromastyx colonies in Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, near Thaiyat and Chacha villages. This region falls in the Thar desert.
- Photos taken by Ashwin and Aashay Baindur. (ashwin_baindur(at)yahoo(dot)com).
Illustrations
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Uromastix hardwickii