Saara Gray, 1845

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 502

Saara Gray, 1845

According to available studies (e.g., Wilms et al. 2009, Pyron et al. 2013), the eastern species of the genus Uromastyx ( U. asmussi , U. hardwickii , U. loricata ) form a clade that is sister to the remaining species of the genus. Therefore, Wilms et al. (2009) revalided the available genus name Saara for these three species. Pyron et al. (2013) and Sindaco et al. (2013) adopted a more conservative concept and recognized Saara as synonym of Uromastyx , but, because of the distinct morphology, we herein maintain the use of the name Saara .