Acanthodactylus mechriguensis

Acanthodactylus mechriguensis
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species: A. mechriguensis
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus mechriguensis
Nouira & C.P. Blanc, 1999

Acanthodactylus mechriguensis is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. It is endemic to Tunisia.[1]

Habitat

Its natural habitat is sandy shores.[1]

Conservation status

It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Taxonomy

Fonseca et al. (2008), as well as Sindaco & Jeremčenko (2008), do not consider Acanthodactylus mechriguensis to be a valid species, but instead to be a synonym of Acanthodactylus maculatus.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nouira S, Geniez P. (2006). "Acanthodactylus mechriguensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Fonseca MM, Brito JC, Rebelo H, Kalboussi M, Larbes S, Carretero MA, Harris DJ. 2008. Genetic variation among spiny-footed lizards in the Acanthodactylus pardalis group from North Africa. African Zoology 43 (1): 8-15.
  3. ↑ Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK. 2008. The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic: 1. Annotated checklist and distributional atlas of the turtles, crocodiles, amphisbaenians and lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 579 pp. ISBN 978-8889504147.

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