Savigny's fringe-fingered lizard

Savigny's fringe-fingered lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Lacertidae
Genus:Acanthodactylus
Species: A. savignyi
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus savignyi
(Audouin, 1809)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta savignyi Audouin, 1809
  • Acanthodactylus savignyi
    — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Acanthodactylus vaillanti
    Lataste, 1885
  • Acanthodactylus savignyi
    — Boulenger, 1887
  • Acanthodactylus savignyi var. oranensis Doumergue, 1901
  • Acanthodactylus savignyi
    — Boulenger, 1918
  • Acanthodactylus savignyi
    — Salvador, 1982

Savigny's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus savignyi ) is a species of lacertid lizard endemic to western North Africa.[1]

Etymology

Both the specific name, savignyi, and the common name, Savignyi's fringe-fingered lizard, are in honor of French zoologist Marie Jules César Savigny.[3]

Geographic range

A. savignyi is found in Algeria and possibly Morocco.[1]

Habitat

The natural habitats of Savignyi's fringe-fingered lizard are temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and sandy shores.[1]

Conservation status

A. savignyi is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Slimani T, Miras JAM, Geniez P, Joger U (2006). "Acanthodactylus savignyi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2006: e.T61461A12488887. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61461A12488887.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Acanthodactylus savignyi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ↑ 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 savignyi, p. 233).

Further reading

  • Audouin JV (1809)."Explication sommaire des planches de reptiles (supplément) publiées par Jules-César Savigny ". In: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire É (1809). Description de l'Égypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte, pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publiée par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire naturelle, Tome premier. Paris. (Lacerta savignyi, new species, p. 172 + Plate I, figure 8).
  • Salvador A (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. (Acanthodactylus savignyi, pp. 66–69, Figures 27-29, Map 12).


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