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Acanthodactylus grandis

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Species of lizard

Acanthodactylus grandis
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species: A. grandis
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus grandis
Boulenger, 1909
Synonyms
  • Acanthodactylus grandis
    Boulenger, 1909
  • Acanthodactylus fraseri
    Boulenger, 1918
  • Acanthodactylus grandis
    Salvador, 1982

Acanthodactylus grandis, commonly called the giant fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Western Asia.

Geographic range

A. grandis is found in Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.

Reproduction

A. grandis is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Sharifi, M.; Papenfuss, T.; Sadek, R.; Disi, A.M.; Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Werner, Y.L.; Shafiei Bafti, S. (2012). "Acanthodactylus grandis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T164590A1059820. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164590A1059820.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Acanthodactylus grandis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1909). "Description of a new Lizard of the Genus Acanthodactylus from Syria". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 4: 188–189. (Acanthodactylus grandis, new species).
  • Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus grandis, pp. 110–113, Figures 66–68, Map 22). (in English, with an abstract in German).


Taxon identifiers
Acanthodactylus grandis


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