Acanthodactylus maculatus

Spotted fringe-fingered lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Lacertidae
Genus:Acanthodactylus
Species: A. maculatus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus maculatus
(Gray, 1838)
Synonyms
  • Scapteira maculata Gray, 1838
  • Zootoca deserti Günther, 1859
  • Acanthodactylus pardalis var. intermedius Doumergue, 1901
  • Acanthodactylus pardalis latastei Boulenger, 1918
  • Acanthodactylus maculatus
    — Salvador, 1982[2]

Acanthodactylus maculatus, the spotted fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. It is endemic to northwestern Africa.[1]

Geographic range

It is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia.[1]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, hot deserts, and sandy shores.[1]

Conservation status

It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Joger U, Geniez P, Miras JAM, El Hassan M, Tahar S, Nouira S (2006). "Acanthodactylus maculatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2006: e.T61458A12471327. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61458A12471327.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Gray JE. 1838. Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species [Part I]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [First Series] 1 (4): 274-283. (Scapteira maculata, new species, p. 281).
  • Salvador A. 1982. A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae). Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. (Acanthodactylus maculatus, pp. 92–97, Figures 50-52, Map 19).


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