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Acanthodactylus orientalis

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Species of lizard

Acanthodactylus orientalis
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. orientalis
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus orientalis
Angel, 1936
Synonyms
  • Acanthodactylus tristrami orientalis
    Angel, 1936
  • Acanthodactylus tristrami iracensis
    Schmidt, 1939
  • Acanthodactylus orientalis
    Arnold, 1986

Acanthodactylus orientalis is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Western Asia.

Geographic range

A. orientalis is found in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.

Reproduction

A. orientalis is oviparous.

References

  1. Ahmad Mohammed Mousa Disi (2009). "Acanthodactylus orientalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164723A5920936. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164723A5920936.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Acanthodactylus orientalis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading

  • Angel F (1936). "Reptiles et batraciens de Syrie et de Mésopotamie récoltés par M.P. Pallary ". Bulletin de l'Institut d'Égypte 18: 107–116. (Acanthodactylus tristrami orientalis, new subspecies, p. 109). (in French).
  • Leviton, Alan E.; Anderson, Steven C.; Adler, Kraig; Minton, Sherman A. (1992). Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles. (Contributions to Herpetology No. 8). Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 252 pp. ISBN 978-0916984236.
  • Sindaco, Roberto; Jeremčenko, Valery K. (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic: 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
Taxon identifiers
Acanthodactylus orientalis


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