Acanthodactylus aureus

Acanthodactylus aureus, commonly called the golden fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to northwestern Africa.

Golden fringe-fingered lizard

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. aureus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus aureus
Günther, 1903
Synonyms[2]
  • Acanthodactylus scutellatus aureus
    Günther, 1903
  • Acanthodactylus inornatus aureus
    — Bons & Girot, 1964
  • Acanthodactylus aureus
    — Salvador, 1982

Geographic range

A. aureus is found in Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, and Western Sahara.[1][2]

Reproduction

A. aureus is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Geniez P, Mateo JA, Joger U, Pleguezuelos J, Slimani T, El Mouden EH, Wagner P, Wilms T (2018). "Acanthodactylus aureus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T197434A2483079. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T197434A2483079.en. Downloaded on 15 April 2019.
  2. Acanthodactylus aureus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading
  • Günther A (1903). "Reptiles from Rio de Oro, Western Sahara". Novitates Zoologicae 10: 298-299. (Acanthodactylus scutellatus aureus, new subspecies, pp. 298-299).
  • Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. (Acanthodactylus aureus, new status, pp. 122-126, Map 24, Figures 77-79). (in English, with an abstract in German).


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.