Fringe-toed sand lizard

Fringe-toed sand lizard
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Phrynosomatidae
Genus:	Uma
Species:	U. exsul
Binomial name
	Uma exsul; Schmidt & Bogert, 1947

The fringe-toed sand lizard (Uma exsul) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.[2] It is endemic to Mexico.[2] It is omnivorous, with the ability to detect food chemically by tongue-flicking.[3]

References

Vazquez Díaz, J.; Gadsden, H.; Quintero Díaz, G.E.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Lavin, P. (2007). "Uma exsul". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64162A12742974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64162A12742974.en. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
Uma exsul at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 November 2021.
Cooper, William E.; Castañeda, Gamaliel; GarcÍa de la Peña, Cristina (September 2006). "Phylogenetic Constraints Do Not Block Food Chemical Discrimination in the Omnivorous Phrynosomatid Lizard Uma Exsul". Journal of Herpetology. 40 (3): 329–335. doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[329:PCDNBF]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

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[IUCN-1] Vazquez Díaz, J.; Gadsden, H.; Quintero Díaz, G.E.; Ponce-Campos, P.; Lavin, P. (2007). "Uma exsul". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64162A12742974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64162A12742974.en. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

[RDB-2] Uma exsul at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 10 November 2021.

[3] Cooper, William E.; Castañeda, Gamaliel; GarcÍa de la Peña, Cristina (September 2006). "Phylogenetic Constraints Do Not Block Food Chemical Discrimination in the Omnivorous Phrynosomatid Lizard Uma Exsul". Journal of Herpetology. 40 (3): 329–335. doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[329:PCDNBF]2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 11 December 2022.