Fitzinger's algyroides

Fitzinger's algyroides
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Algyroides
Species: A. fitzingeri
Binomial name
Algyroides fitzingeri
(Wiegmann, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Notopholis fitzingeri
    Wiegmann, 1834
  • Lacerta fitzingeri
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Algiroides fitzingeri
    Bedriaga, 1866
  • Algyroides fitzingeri
    — Engelmann et al., 1993[1][2]

Fitzinger's algyroides or the pygmy algyroides or the pygmy keeled lizard[3] (Algyroides fitzingeri ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[4]

Etymology

The specific name, fitzingeri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger.[3]

Geographic range

A. fitzingeri is found only in Corsica and Sardinia.[4]

Habitat

The natural habitats of A. fitzingeri are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens.[4]

References

  1. 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-XXVII. (Algiroides fitzingeri, pp. 45-46).
  2. "Algyroides fitzingeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 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. (Algyroides fitzingeri, p. 91).
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Corti C, Cheylan M. 2005. Algyroides fitzingeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.

Further reading

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External links

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