Acanthodactylus robustus
Acanthodactylus robustus, also known commonly as the robust fringe-fingered lizard and the robust fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.
| Acanthodactylus robustus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
| Species: | A. robustus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodactylus robustus F. Werner, 1929 | |
Geographic range
A. robustus is found in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria[2]
References
- Amr ZSS, Al Johany AMH, Disi AM (2012). "Acanthodactylus robustus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T164724A1070603. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164724A1070603.en. Downloaded on 18 April 2019.
- Acanthodactylus robustus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.
Further reading
- 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.
- Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus robustus, pp. 106–109, Figures 63–65, Map 21). (in English, with an abstract in German).
- 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.
- Werner F (1929). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Syrien und Persien ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 81: 238–245. (Acanthodactylus robustus, new species, pp. 240–242, Figure 2). (in German).
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