Fringe-toed sand lizard

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| image = Fringe-toed Sand Lizard imported from iNaturalist photo 28265310 on 20 April 2022.jpg

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Vazquez Díaz, J. |author2=Gadsden, H. |author3=Quintero Díaz, G.E. |author4=Ponce-Campos, P. |author5=Lavin, P. |year=2007 |title=Uma exsul |volume=2007 |page=e.T64162A12742974 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64162A12742974.en |access-date=17 September 2023}}

| taxon = Uma exsul

| authority = Schmidt & Bogert, 1947

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The fringe-toed sand lizard (Uma exsul) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae.{{NRDB species|genus=Uma |species=exsul |access-date=10 November 2021}} It is endemic to Mexico. It is omnivorous, with the ability to detect food chemically by tongue-flicking.{{cite journal |last1=Cooper |first1=William E. |last2=Castañeda |first2=Gamaliel |last3=GarcÍa de la Peña |first3=Cristina |title=Phylogenetic Constraints Do Not Block Food Chemical Discrimination in the Omnivorous Phrynosomatid Lizard Uma Exsul |journal=Journal of Herpetology |date=September 2006 |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=329–335 |doi=10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[329:PCDNBF]2.0.CO;2 |url=https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-herpetology/volume-40/issue-3/0022-1511_2006_40_329_PCDNBF_2.0.CO_2/Phylogenetic-Constraints-Do-Not-Block-Food-Chemical-Discrimination-in-the/10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[329:PCDNBF]2.0.CO;2.full |access-date=11 December 2022|url-access=subscription }}