Acanthodactylus maculatus

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 northwestern Africa.[1]

Acanthodactylus maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. maculatus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus maculatus
(Gray, 1838)
Synonyms[2]
  • Scapteira maculata
    Gray, 1838
  • Zootoca deserti
    Günther, 1859
  • Acanthodactylus pardalis var. intermedius
    Doumergue, 1901
  • Acanthodactylus pardalis latastei
    Boulenger, 1918
  • Acanthodactylus maculatus
    — Salvador, 1982

Geographic range

A. maculatus is found in Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia.[1]

Habitat

The natural habitats of A. maculatus are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, hot deserts, and sandy shores.[1]

Reproduction

A. maculatus is oviparous.[2]

Conservation status

The species A. maculatus is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References
  1. Joger U, Geniez P, Miras JAM, 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.
  2. 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 [Part I]". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. [First Series] 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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