Bosc's fringe-toed lizard

Bosc's fringe-toed lizard
Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Lacertidae
Genus:Acanthodactylus
Species: A. boskianus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus boskianus
(Daudin, 1802)
Synonyms[1]
love bite as part of courtship

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,[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Acanthodactylus boskianus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 Whitfield, Philip (editor) (1984). Longman Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia. London: Longman. 600 pp. ISBN 978-0582556911. (Bosc's fringe-toed lizard, p. 434).
  3. ↑ Baha El Din, Sherif (2006). A Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Egypt. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-9774249792.
  4. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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). (in French and Latin).
  • 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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