Biology:Acanthodactylus arabicus

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Short description: Species of lizard

Arabian fringe-fingered lizard
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. arabicus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus arabicus
Boulenger, 1918
Synonyms[1]
  • Acanthodactylus cantoris
    Var. arabicus
    Boulenger, 1918
  • Acanthodactylus arabicus
    — Salvador, 1982

Acanthodactylus arabicus, commonly called the Arabian fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to southern Yemen.[2][1]

Habitat

A. arabicus is a common species inhabiting deserts and dry shrublands with sandy substrates.[2]

Reproduction

A. arabicus is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Acanthodactylus arabicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named iucn status 20 November 2021

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1918). "Sur les lézards du genre Acanthodactylus Wiegm." Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 43: 143-155. (Acanthodactylus cantoris Var. arabicus, new variety, p. 154). (in French).
  • Salvador A (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. (Acanthodactylus arabicus, new status, pp. 143–145, Figures 95-97 + Map 29 on p. 142). (in English, with an abstract in German).


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