Blanford's Fringe-fingered Lizard

Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard
Juvenile Acanthodactylus blanfordii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species: A. blanfordii
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus blanfordii
Boulenger, 1918

Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus blanfordii ) is a species of lacertid lizard.

Geographic range

A. blanfordii is found in SE Iran, S Afghanistan, SW Pakistan, N Oman (Muscat region), and India.[1]

The type locality is "Perse et Béloutchistan".[1]

Etymology

Both the specific name, blanfordii, and the common name, Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard, are in honor of William Thomas Blanford (1832 - 1905), member of the Geological Survey of India.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Acanthodactylus blanfordii, p. 27).

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