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Acanthodactylus maculatus

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Spotted fringe-fingered lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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. ^ a b c d e Template:IUCN2008
  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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