Acanthodactylus schreiberi

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Overview

Endangered

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: It is found on coastal sand dunes (where there are no competing Acanthodactylus) or light soil close to the dunes. It can be found in newly created cultivated areas with sandy soil close to sand dune habitat . In Israel it can be found in open orchards with a suitable light or sandy soil substrate. The females have a maximum clutch of four eggs .


List of Habitats:13.3Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Sand Dunes 14.2Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland 14.3Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Acanthodactylus boskianus var. syriacus Boettger 1878
2. Acanthodactylus savignyi var. schreiberi Boulenger 1878
3. Acanthodactylus Schreiberi — Boulenger 1887: 344
4. Acanthodactylus schreiberi — Harris & Arnold 2000

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Acanthodactylus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 84 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. (Latastia) · A. aegyptius · A. ahmaddisii · A. arabicus (Arabian Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. aureus (Golden Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. bedriagai (Bedriaga's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. beershebensis · A. blanci (White Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. blandfordi · A. blanfordi · A. blanfordii (Blanford's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. boskianus (Bosk's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. boskianus asper · A. boskianus boskianus · A. boskianus euphraticus · A. boskianus var. asper · A. boskianus var. syriacus · A. boskianus var. syriacus Boettger, 1879 · A. boueti (Chabanaud's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. busacki (Busack's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. cantoris (Indian Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. cantoris arabicus · A. cantoris cantoris · A. cantoris schmidti · A. cantoris var. arabicus · A. dorsalis · A. dumerilii (Duméril's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. dumerilii (Duméril's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. dumerilii dumerilii · A. dumerilii exiguus · A. senegalensis (Duméril's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. dunienlii · A. erythrums · A. erythrurus (Roodstaartfransjenhagedis) · A. erythrurus atlanticus · A. erythrurus belli · A. erythrurus erythrurus (Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. erythrurus lineomaculatus · A. felicis (Cat Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. haasi · A. gongrorhynchatus · A. grandis (Giant Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. guineensis (Guinea Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. haasi (Haas' Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. harranensis · A. inornatus · A. inornatus aureus · A. lineomaculatus · A. longipes (Long Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. longipes panousei · A. maculatus (Spotted Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. masirae (Masira Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. mechriguensis · A. micropholis (Yellowtail Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. mucronatus · A. nilsoni · A. opheodurus (Arnold's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. orientalis · A. pardalis (Egyptian 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. schreiberi schreiberi · A. schreiberi syriacus · A. schreibersi · A. scintellatus · A. scutellatus (Nidua Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. scutellatus audouini · A. scutellatus aureus · A. scutellatus hardyi · A. scutellatus scutellatus (Fringe-Toed Lizard) · A. scuttelatus · A. senegalensis · A. spinicauda (Doumergue's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. syriacus · A. taghitensis · A. tilburyi (Tilbury's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. tristrami (Lebanon Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. tristrami iracensis · A. tristrami · A. tristrami tristrami · A. vulgaris · A. yemenicus (Yemen Fringe-Fingered Lizard)

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Further Reading

• Arnold, E.N. 1983. Osteology, genitalia and the relationships of Acanthodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 44(5): 291–339
• Boettger (1878) Ber. senckenb. naturf. Ges. 1878-1879: 57-84
• Bosch, In den, H.A.J. 1998. Prodomus einer Liste der Amphibien und Reptilien Libanons Produmus Amphibiorum et Reptiliorum Phoeniciae (Amphibia; Reptilia). Faunistische Abhandlungen Staatl. Museum f. Tierkunde Dresden 21: 9–17.
• Boulenger (1878) Bull. Soc. zool. France 3: 179-197
• Boulenger (1887) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 20: 344-345
• Böhme, W. and Wiedl, H. 1994. Status and zoogeography of the herpetofauna of Cyprus, with taxonomic and natural history notes on selected species (genera Rana, Coluber, Natrix, Vipera). Zoology in the Middle East 10: 31–52.
• Disi, A.M. and Böhme, W. 1996. Zoogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of Syria, with additional new records. Herpetozoa 9(1/2): 63–70.
• Dolev, A. and Perevolotsky, A. 2002. Red Book of Threatened Species in Israel – Vertebrates. Nature and Parks Authority and the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, Jerusalem.
• Franzen (1998) Herpetozoa. 11 (1/2): 27-36.
• Franzen, M. 1998. Erstnachweis von Acanthodactylus schreiberi schreiberi Boulenger, 1879 für die Türkei (Squmata: Sauria: Lacertidae). Herpetozoa 11(1/2): 27–36
• Harris, D.J. and Arnold, E.N. 2000. Elucidation of the relationships of spiny-footed lizards, Acanthodactylus ssp. (Reptilia: Lacertidae) using mitochondrial DNA sequence, with comments of their biogeography and evolution. Journal of Zooloy, London 252:: 351–362
• Harris et al. (2000) J. Zool. (London) 252: 351-362
• Hraoui et al. (2002) Zoology in the Middle East 27: 35-46
• Martens, H. 1997. A review of "Zoogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Syria, with additional new records" (Herpetozoa 9 (1/2), 1996). Herpetozoa 10 (3/4): 99–106.
• Salvador, A. (1982b): A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae). - Bonner zoologische Monographien 16, pp. [1-167]
• Schmidt (1939) Publ. Field Mus. nat. Hist., zool. Ser., 24: 49-92
• Sindaco, R., Venchi, A., Carpaneto, G.M. and Bologna, M.A. 2000. The reptiles of Anatolia: a checklist and zoogeographical analysis. Biogeographia 21: 441–554.

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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 31, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Sadek, R., Werner, Y., Lymberakis, P., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I., Sevinç, M. & Böhme, W. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 182966
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-296
• IUCN ID: 61462
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 627168

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