Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Leopard Fringe-fingered Lizard, Egyptian Fringe-Fingered Lizard
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
It is restricted
to semi-arid regions, in steppe
with hard clay soils
,
adjacent
to saline coastal areas. The females lay
between three and
seven eggs
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 4 Grassland
- 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 12 Marine Intertidal
- 12.4 Marine Intertidal - Mud Flats and Salt Flats [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
()
- Family:
Lacertidae
()
- Subfamily:
Lacertinae
()
- Genus:
Acanthodactylus
()
- Wiegmann, 1834
- Specific name:
pardalis
- (Lichtenstein, 1823)
- Scientific name: - Acanthodactylus pardalis (Lichtenstein, 1823)
- Specific name:
pardalis
- (Lichtenstein, 1823)
- Genus:
Acanthodactylus
(
- Subfamily:
Lacertinae
(
- Family:
Lacertidae
(
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Acanthodactylus pardalis — Boulenger 1887 • Acanthodactylus pardalis — Salvador 1982: 80 • Acanthodactylus pardalis — Schleich • Acanthodactylus pardalis— Harris & Arnold 2000 • KÄstle & Kabisch 1996: 388 • Lacerta deserti Milne-Edwards 1829 • Lacerta pardalis Lichtenstein 1823 • Zootoca deserti — GÜnther 1859
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Syntypes: ZMB 1072-1077 Has been synonymized with A. maculatus
and A. busacki. See BAUER & GÜNTHER 1995 for more information
on the types
of this species.
Records
of this species from Israel refer to Acanthodactylus beershebensis,
and records from Jordan refer to A. ahmadisii (Y. Werner pers.
comm). Records from Algeria refer to another species.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acanthodactylus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 36 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. arabicus (Arabian Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. aureus (Golden Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. bedriagai (Bedriaga's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. beershebensis (Beer Sheva Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. blanci (Blanc's Fringe-Toed Lizard) · A. blanfordii (Blanford's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. boskianus (Bosk's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. boueti (Chabanaud's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. busacki (Busack's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. cantoris (Indian Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. dumerili (Duméril's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. dumerilii (Duméril's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. senegalensis (Duméril's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. erythrurus (Spiny-Footed Lizard) · A. erythrurus erythrurus (Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. felicis (Cat Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. grandis (Giant Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. guineensis (Guinea Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. haasi (Haas' Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. longipes (Long Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. maculatus (Spotted Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. masirae (Masira Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. micropholis (Yellowtail Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. nilsoni (Nilson's Spiny-Toed Lizard) · A. opheodurus (Arnold's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. pardalis (Leopard Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. robustus (Robust Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. savignyi (Savigny's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. schmidti (Schmidt's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. schreiberi (Schreiber's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. scutellatus (Nidua Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. scutellatus scutellatus (Fringe-Toed Lizard) · A. spinicauda (Doumergue's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. tilburyi (Tilbury's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. tristrami (Lebanon Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. yemenicus (Yemen Fringe-Fingered Lizard)
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Further Reading
- African reptiles and amphibians in Field Museum of Natural History. 22 1936 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1936. url p. 61.
- Behavior and ecology of the rock iguana Cyclura carinata / by John Burton Iverson III. 1977. url p. 355.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 291, p. 300, p. 301, p. 302, p. 303, p. 304, p. 307, p. 311, p. 319, p. 320, p. 333, p. 335, p. 338.
- Catalogue of the lizards in the British museum (Natural history) / London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1885-87. url , .
- Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. Jena, Gustav Fischer [etc.]. url p. 132.
- Monograph of the Lacertidae / by G.A. Boulenger London, 1920-1921. url p. 447, p. 63, p. 83.
- Monograph of the Lacertidae, by George Albert Boulenger. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1920-21. url p. 442, p. 445, p. 450, p. 58, p. 62, p. 63.
- Monograph of the Lacertidoe. LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees1920-21 url p. 105, p. 442, p. 450, p. 63.
- Monograph of the Lacertidæ, London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1920-21. url , , , , .
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 14, p. 14.
- Spixiana. 10 1987 München: Zoologische Staatssammlung München, 1977- url schleich , p. 37, map 5, p. 64.
- Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. [London]: Published for the Zoological Society of London by Academic Press url p. 101, p. 101, p. 103, p. 94, p. 94.
- Zoology of Egypt / by John Anderson. London: B. Quaritch, 1898-1907. url , p. 153, p. 157, p. 159, p. 164.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
- Böhme, W. & El Din, S.B. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Bhme, W. & El Din, S.B. 2006. Acanthodactylus pardalis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 29January2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
- Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2535746
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-68
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13495659
- IUCN ID: 188255
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 627164
Footnotes
- Böhme, W. & El Din, S.B. 2006. Acanthodactylus pardalis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 29 January 2012. [back]
