Acanthodactylus blanfordii

Acanthodactylus blanfordii, commonly called Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East and India.

Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. blanfordii
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus blanfordii
Boulenger, 1918
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Acanthodactylus cantoris var. blanfordii
    Boulenger, 1918
  • Acanthodactylus blanfordi [sic]
    — Salvador, 1982
  • Acanthodactylus blanfordii
    — Das, 1996

Geographic range

Acanthodactylus blanfordii is found in SE Iran, S Afghanistan, SW Pakistan, N Oman (Muscat region), and India.[1]

The type locality is "Perse et Béloutchistan ".[1]

Etymology

Both the specific name, blanfordii, and the common name, Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard, are in honor of English naturalist William Thomas Blanford (1832 - 1905), member of the Geological Survey of India.[3]

Reproduction

A. blanfordii is oviparous.[1]

References
  1. Species Acanthodactylus blanfordii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org
  2. Salvador (1982).
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Acanthodactylus blanfordii, p. 27).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1918). "Sur les lézards du genre Acanthodactylus Wiegm." Bull. Soc. zool. France 43: 143-155. (Acanthodactylus cantoris var. blanfordii, new variation, p. 154). (in French).
  • Salvador A (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. ("Acanthodactylus blanfordi [sic]", pp. 151–155, Figures 103-105, Map 31).



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