Uromastyx alfredschmidti, commonly known as the ebony mastigure,[3] Schmidt's mastigure,[3][4] or Schmidt's spiny-tailed lizard,[4] is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.

The specific name, alfredschmidti, is in honor of German herpetologist Alfred A.

[1] The natural habitats of U. alfredschmidti are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rocky areas, and hot deserts.

[1] Like other species in the genus Uromastyx, U. alfredschmidti is herbivorous.

[4] The generic name (Uromastyx) is derived from the Ancient Greek words ourá (οὐρά) meaning "tail" and mastigo (Μαστίχα) meaning "whip" or "scourge", after the thick-spiked tail characteristic of all Uromastyx species.