| Acanthodactylus opheodurus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
| Species: | A. opheodurus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodactylus opheodurus Arnold, 1980 | |
Acanthodactylus opheodurus, also known commonly as Arnold's fringe-fingered lizard or the snake-tailed fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.
Geographic range
Acanthodactylus opheodurus from Saudi Arabia
A. opheodurus is found in Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.[2]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ Behbehani, S.J.Y.; Aloufi, A.A.H.; Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Werner, Y.L.; Disi, A.M. (2012). "Acanthodactylus opheodurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T164656A1064811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164656A1064811.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- 1 2 Acanthodactylus opheodurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.
Further reading
- Arnold EN (1980). "The Reptiles and Amphibians of Dhofar, Southern Arabia". Journal of Oman Studies. Special Report No. 2: 273–332. (Acanthodactylus opheodurus, new species, p. 296).
- Cunningham, Peter Low (2001). "Notes on some aspects of the ecology of Acanthodactylus opheodurus Arnold, 1980, from the United Arab Emirates (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae)". Herpetozoa (Vienna) 14 (1/2): 15–20. (in English, with an abstract in German).
- Werner, Yehudah L.; Gajst, Oren; Talbi, Roy; Bouskila, Amos (2012). "Acanthodactylus opheodurus Arnold, 1980 in the Levant revisited, and the striped patterns of Levantine Acanthodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertidae)". Zoology in the Middle East 56: 31–38.
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