Doumergue's fringe-fingered lizard
| Domergue's fringe-fingered lizard | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
| Species: | A. spinicauda |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodactylus spinicauda Doumergue, 1901 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Doumergue's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus spinicauda) is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.[1][2]
Geographic range
Habitat
Its natural habitats open stony and flat sandy places.[1]
Reproduction
A. spinicauda is oviparous, and the average clutch size is 8 eggs.[1]
Conservation status
This species is considered "Critically Endangered" because of small geographic range, fragmented distribution within that range, and habitat loss. It has not been collected since 1901.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Joger U, Slimani T, El Mouden H, Geniez P. (2006). Acanthodactylus spinicauda. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
- 1 2 3 Acanthodactylus spinicauda at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 July 2014.
Further reading
- Doumergue F. 1901. Essai sur la faune erpétologique de l'Oranie avec des tableaux analytiques et des notations pour la détermination de tous les reptiles et batraciens du Maroc, de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie. Oran: L. Fouque. 104 pp. + Plates I-XXVII. (Acanthodactylus pardalis var. spinicauda, pp. 169–173 + Plate XI, Figures 6-9).
- Salvador A. 1982. A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae). Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. (Acanthodactylus spinicauda, pp. 97–101, Figures 53-56, Map 20a).
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