| Acanthodactylus maculatus | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
| Species: | A. maculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodactylus maculatus (Gray, 1838) | |
| Synonyms | |
Acanthodactylus maculatus, known commonly as the spotted fringe-fingered lizard and the spotted fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to north-western Africa.
Geographic range
A. maculatus is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia.
Habitat
The natural habitats of A. maculatus are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, hot deserts, and sandy shores.
Reproduction
A. maculatus is oviparous.
Conservation status
The species A. maculatus is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ Joger, U.; Geniez, P.; Miras, J.A.M.; El Hassan, M.; Tahar, S.; Nouira, S. (2006). "Acanthodactylus maculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61458A12471327. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61458A12471327.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Species Acanthodactylus maculatus at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Gray JE (1838). "Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species ". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1 (4): 274–283. (Scapteira maculata, new species, p. 281).
- Salvador A (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus maculatus, pp. 92–97, Figures 50–52, Map 19). (in English, with an abstract in German).
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