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Mali Spiked-Taile Lizard
Learn the Taxonomy of the Mali Spike-tailed Lizard
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
04/12/2011
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Term

 

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Domain?

 Definition

 

Eukarya
Term

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Kingdom?

 Definition

 

 

Animalia
Term

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Phylum?

 Definition

 

 

Chordata
Term

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Class?

 Definition

 

 

Reptilia
Term

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Order?

 Definition

 

 

Squamata
Term

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Sub-order?

 Definition

 

Lacertilia
Term

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Family?

 Definition

 

 

Agamidae
Term

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Genus?

 Definition

 

 

Uromastyx
Term

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Species?

 Definition

 

 

Uromastyx maliensis
Term

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Saxicolus

 Definition

 

 

Inhabiting or growing among rocks.
Term

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Depressed

 Definition

 

 

 

Flattened

Dorsoventrally compressed

 
Term

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 Definition
Term

 

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Epidermal Scales

 Definition

 

 

Scales made from keratin and formed from the epidermis.
Term

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Proximate/Ultimate Explanation 

of Spiked Tail

 Definition

 

 

Proximate - More immediate - Tail doesn't shed like the boy so there is a build up of skin.

 

Ultimate- Evolutionary explanation - escaping predators (protection)
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