Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
Species: | A. schreiberi
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Binomial name | |
Acanthodactylus schreiberi Boulenger, 1878
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Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus schreiberi ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[1]
Etymology
Both the specific name, schreiberi, and the common name, Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, are in honor of Austrian zoologist Egid Schreiber (1836-1913), author of Herpetologia Europaea (1875).[3]
Geographic range
A. schreiberi is found in Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, and Turkey.[1]
Habitat
The natural habitats of Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard are sandy shores, pastureland, and plantations.[1]
Conservation status
A. schreiberi is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Template:IUCN2008
- ^ "Acanthodactylus schreiberi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 schreiberi, p. 238).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1878). "Sur les espèces d'Acanthodatyles des bords de la Méditerranée ". Bull. Soc. zool. France 3: 179-197. ("Acanthodactylus Savignyi Var. Schreiberii ", pp. 188–191).
- Boulenger GA (1887). "List of Reptiles and Batrachians from Cyprus". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fifth Series 20: 344-345. ("Acanthodactylus Schreiberi ", p. 344).
- Salvador A (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. (Acanthodactylus schreiberi, pp. 38–42, Figures 7-9, Map 16).