Acanthodactylus arabicus

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

Arabian fringe-fingered lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. arabicus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus arabicus
Boulenger, 1918
Synonyms[2]
  • Acanthodactylus cantoris
    Var. arabicus
    Boulenger, 1918
  • Acanthodactylus arabicus
    — Salvador, 1982

Habitat

A. arabicus is a common species inhabiting deserts and dry shrublands with sandy substrates.[1]

Reproduction

A. arabicus is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Sindaco R, Anderson S, Busais SMS, Al Jumaily MM (2012). "Acanthodactylus arabicus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T177908A1499691. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T177908A1499691.en.
  2. Acanthodactylus arabicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.

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, Alfredo (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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