Bosc's fringe-toed lizard
| Bosc's fringe-toed lizard | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
| Species: | A. boskianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodactylus boskianus (Daudin, 1802) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bosc's fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus ) is a species of lacertid lizard[2] endemic to North Africa and Western Asia.[1]
Geographic range
A. boskianus is found in Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, southern Turkey, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates.[1]
Behavior and habitat
Bosc's fringe-toed lizard is a fast lizard that lives in deserts.[2]
Etymology
Both the specific name, boskianus, and the common name, Bosc's fringe-toed lizard, are in honor of French naturalist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 1 2 Whitfield, Philip (Editor). 1984. Longman Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia. London: Longman. 600 pp. ISBN 978-0582556911. (Bosc's fringe-toed lizard, p. 434).
- ↑ 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 boskianus, p. 33).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Acanthodactylus boskianus, pp. 59-60).
- Daudin FM. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des reptiles; Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusiers Sociétés savantes. Tome troisième [Volume 3]. Paris: F. Dufart. 452 pp. (Lacerta boskiana, new species, pp. 188-190).
- Salvador A. 1982. A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae). Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. (Acanthodactylus boskianus, pp. 23-37, Figures 4-6, Maps 2-5, Tables 1-5).
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