''Acanthodactylus longipes'',
commonly called the long fringe-fingered lizard, is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Lacertidae
The Lacertidae are the family (biology), family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Afro-Eurasia. It is a diverse family with at least 300 species in 39 genera. They represent the dominant group o ...
. The species is
endemic to northwestern
Africa.
Geographic range
''A. longipes'' is found in
Algeria,
Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
,
Egypt,
Libya,
Mali,
Mauritania
Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...
,
Morocco,
Niger,
Tunisia, and
Western Sahara.
Reproduction
''A. longipes'' is
oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
.
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References
Further reading
* Boulenger GA (1918). "''Sur les lézards du genre ''Acanthodactylus'' Wiegm.''" ''Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France'' 43: 143–155. (''Acanthodactylus scutellatus'' Var. ''longipes'', new variety, p. 154). (in French).
* Padial JM (2006). "Commented distributional list of the reptiles of Mauritania (West Africa)". ''Graellsia'' 62 (2): 159–178.
*Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus ''Acanthodactylus'' (Sauria: Lacertidae)". ''Bonner Zoologische Monographien'' (16): 1–167. (''Acanthodactylus longipes'', pp. 132–136, Figures 86–88, Map 26). (in English, with an abstract in German).
Acanthodactylus
Reptiles described in 1918
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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