Bosc's fringe-toed lizard
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Bosc's fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus ) is a species of lacertid lizard[2] endemic to North Africa and Western Asia.[1]
Geographic range
A. boskianus is found in Algeria, Egypt,[3] Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, southern Turkey, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates.[1]
Behavior and habitat
Bosc's fringe-toed lizard is a fast lizard that lives in deserts.[2]
Etymology
Both the specific name, boskianus, and the common name, Bosc's fringe-toed lizard, are in honor of French naturalist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc.[4]
References
- ^ a b c The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Whitfield, Philip (Editor). 1984. Longman Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia. London: Longman. 600 pp. ISBN 978-0582556911. (Bosc's fringe-toed lizard, p. 434).
- ^ Baha El Din, Sherif (2006). A Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Egypt. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-9774249792.
- ^ 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 boskianus, p. 33).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Acanthodactylus boskianus, pp. 59–60).
- Daudin FM. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des reptiles; Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusiers Sociétés savantes. Tome troisième [Volume 3]. Paris: F. Dufart. 452 pp. (Lacerta boskiana, new species, pp. 188–190).
- Salvador A. 1982. A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae). Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. (Acanthodactylus boskianus, pp. 23–37, Figures 4-6, Maps 2-5, Tables 1-5).