Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard
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Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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Synonyms[2] | |
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Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus schreiberi ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[1] The species is endemic to the Middle East.
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]
Reproduction
A. schreiberi is oviparous.[2]
Conservation status
A. schreiberi is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Souad Hraoui-Bloquet, Riyad Sadek, Yehudah Werner, Petros Lymberakis, Varol Tok, Ismail H. Ugurtas, Murat Sevinç, Wolfgang Böhme, Yakup Kaska, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Uğur Kaya, Aziz Avci, Nazan Üzüm, Can Yeniyurt, Ferdi Akarsu (2009). "Acanthodactylus schreiberi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61462A12489118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61462A12489118.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Species Acanthodactylus schreiberi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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 ", new variety, pp. 188–191). (in French).
- Boulenger GA (1887). "List of Reptiles and Batrachians from Cyprus". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fifth Series 20: 344–345. ("Acanthodactylus Schreiberi ", new status, p. 344).
- Salvador, Alfredo (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). (in English, with an abstract in German).
- Tamar, Karin; Carranza, Salvador; Sindaco, Roberto; Moravec, Jiří; Meiri, Shai (2014). "Systematics and phylogeography of Acanthodactylus schreiberi and its relationships with Acanthodactylus boskianus (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172 (3): 720–739.Error: "Q2711457" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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