Acanthodactylus grandis | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific 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 | |
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 | |
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Acanthodactylus grandis |
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