{"topic_id":"evidence_exotic_uromastyx_nutrition","category":"evidence","context":"---\ntopic_id: evidence_exotic_uromastyx_nutrition\ncategory: evidence\ntitle: \"Pet uromastyx (spiny-tailed lizard) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Europe PMC REST search (europepmc.org), query '(uromastyx OR spiny-tailed lizard) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR husbandry)', 5415 hits, pulled 2026-07-22\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_uromastyx_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-22\ntokens_estimated: 260\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 3\n  passed: 3\n  date: 2026-07-22\nsource_document: \"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 42252590\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Europe PMC\"\n  title: \"Pet uromastyx (spiny-tailed lizard) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)\"\n  url: \"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42252590/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-22\"\n  ref: \"PMID 42252590\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: false\ncopyright_note: \"Mixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY) studies retained verbatim with attribution; non-Open-Access studies paraphrased as derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten).\"\nlicense: mixed\nauthority_tier: T2\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T2:oa-repo\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\n# Pet uromastyx (spiny-tailed lizard) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)\nSource: Europe PMC REST search, query \"(uromastyx OR spiny-tailed lizard) AND (diet OR nutrition OR feeding OR husbandry)\", 5415 hits (2026-07-22). 6 representative studies below (filtered for species + nutrition relevance).\n\n1. PMID 41788176 — Desert lizards modulate nutritional responses to match seasonal biological needs. (Royal Society open science, 2026). Abstract (opening): Animals in extreme environments such as deserts experience severe seasonal fluctuations in abiotic conditions and resources. Under these conditions, they must obtain macronutrients *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n2. PMID 41600686 — Biochemical and Hepatic Determinants of Reproductive Failure in Reptiles: A Review of Dystocia Pathophysiology and Management. (Veterinary sciences, 2025). Abstract (opening): Dystocia represents a multifactorial and clinically significant reproductive disorder affecting a broad spectrum of reptilian species. Commonly resulting from prolonged vitellogene *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n3. PMID 36744080 — Diet composition of omnivorous Mesopotamian spiny-tailed lizards ( (Ecology and evolution, 2023). Abstract (opening): The Mesopotamian spiny-tailed lizard, *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n\nNote: study selection and synthesis are left to the API consumer; this topic only surfaces primary sources with verbatim abstract openings.\n\nSource text: `pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_uromastyx_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt` (Europe PMC REST + PubMed efetch, 2026-07-22).\n\n## License & attribution\n\nMixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY / CC BY-NC /\nCC BY-NC-ND) studies are reproduced verbatim with attribution under their specific\nCC license; non-Open-Access studies are paraphrased as derived fact summaries\n(numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten). Original records:\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41788176/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41600686/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36744080/\n\n## Cleaning removal log (2026-08-05, codebuddy)\nPMID 42252590 — Off-topic: mis-clustered (amelogenin/enamel convergent evolution in Uromastyx, not nutrition)\nPMID 41940386 — housing+diet effect on oxyurid load in captive tokay geckos; different lizard species\nPMID 41093585 — welfare concerns in Japanese exotic-animal cafes; not Uromastyx-focused\n","sources":["Europe PMC — Pet uromastyx (spiny-tailed lizard) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC) (retrieved 2026-07-22)"],"source":{"authority":"Europe PMC","title":"Pet uromastyx (spiny-tailed lizard) — diet & nutrition — representative studies (Europe PMC)","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41788176/","retrieved":"2026-07-22","ref":"PMID 41788176","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 42252590","verification_file":"pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_uromastyx_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt"},"source_document":"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 42252590","source_file":"pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_evidence_exotic_uromastyx_nutrition_2026-07-22.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T2","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"mixed","display_grade":"B"},"tokens_estimated":260,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}