Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard
| Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
| Species: | A. schreiberi |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodactylus schreiberi Boulenger, 1878 | |
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Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus schreiberi ) is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.[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).[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
- 1 2 3 4 5 Hraoui-Bloquet S, Sadek R, Werner Y, Lymberakis P, Tok V, Ugurtas I, Sevinç M, Böhme W. (2006). Acanthodactylus schreiberi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
- ↑ 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).
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