Acanthodactylus grandis
Appearance
Acanthodactylus grandis | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
Species: | A. grandis
|
Binomial name | |
Acanthodactylus grandis Boulenger, 1909
| |
Synonyms[2] | |
|
Acanthodactylus grandis, commonly called the giant fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Western Asia.
Geographic range
A. grandis is found in Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.[1][2]
Reproduction
References
- ^ a b Al Johany AMH, Amr ZSS, Sharifi M, Papenfuss T, Sadek R, Disi AM, Hraoui-Bloquet S, Werner YL, Shafiei Bafti S (2012). "Acanthodactylus grandis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T164590A1059820. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164590A1059820.en. Downloaded on 16 April 2019.
- ^ a b c Acanthodactylus grandis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1909). "Description of a new Lizard of the Genus Acanthodactylus from Syria". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 4: 188–189. (Acanthodactylus grandis, new species).
- Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus grandis, pp. 110–113, Figures 66–68, Map 22). (in English, with an abstract in German).