Biology:Acanthodactylus orientalis

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Short description: Species of lizard

Acanthodactylus orientalis
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. orientalis
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus orientalis
Angel, 1936
Synonyms[2]
  • Acanthodactylus tristrami orientalis
    Angel, 1936
  • Acanthodactylus tristrami iracensis
    Schmidt, 1939
  • Acanthodactylus orientalis
    — Arnold, 1986

Acanthodactylus orientalis is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Western Asia.

Geographic range

A. orientalis is found in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.[2]

Reproduction

A. orientalis is oviparous.[2]

References

Further reading

  • Angel F (1936). "Reptiles et batraciens de Syrie et de Mésopotamie récoltés par M.P. Pallary ". Bulletin de l'Institut d'Égypte 18: 107–116. (Acanthodactylus tristrami orientalis, new subspecies, p. 109). (in French).
  • Leviton, Alan E.; Anderson, Steven C.; Adler, Kraig; Minton, Sherman A. (1992). Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles. (Contributions to Herpetology No. 8). Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 252 pp. ISBN:978-0916984236.
  • Sindaco, Roberto; Jeremčenko, Valery K. (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic: 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN:978-88-89504-14-7.

Wikidata ☰ Q2822549 entry