Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard (''Acanthodactylus schreiberi'') 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 the
Middle East.
Etymology
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specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''schreiberi'', and the common name, Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, are in honor of
Austrian zoologist Egid Schreiber
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(1836-1913), author of ''Herpetologia Europaea'' (1875).
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Acanthodactylus schreiberi'', p. 238).]
Geographic range
''A. schreiberi'' is found in
Cyprus,
Israel,
Lebanon, and
Turkey.
Habitat
The natural
habitats of Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard are
sandy
shores,
pastureland, and
plantations.
Reproduction
''A. schreiberi'' 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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Conservation status
''A. schreiberi'' is threatened by habitat loss.
References
Further reading
* Boulenger GA (1878). "''Sur les espèces d'Acanthodatyles des bords de la Méditerranée'' ". ''Bull. Soc. zool. France'' 3: 179–197. ("''Acanthodactylus Savignyi'' Var. ''Schreiberii'' ", new variety, pp. 188–191). (in French).
*Boulenger GA (1887). "List of Reptiles and Batrachians from Cyprus". ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fifth Series'' 20: 344–345. ("''Acanthodactylus Schreiberi'' ", new status, p. 344).
*Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus ''Acanthodactylus'' (Sauria: Lacertidae)". ''Bonner Zoologische Monographien'' (16): 1–167. (''Acanthodactylus schreiberi'', pp. 38–42, Figures 7–9, Map 16). (in English, with an abstract in German).
*Tamar, Karin; Carranza, Salvador; Sindaco, Roberto; Moravec, Jiří; Meiri, Shai (2014). "Systematics and phylogeography of ''Acanthodactylus schreiberi'' and its relationships with ''Acanthodactylus boskianus'' (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertidae)". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 172 (3): 720–739.
Acanthodactylus
Fauna of Cyprus
Reptiles of the Middle East
Fauna of Lebanon
Reptiles of Turkey
Reptiles described in 1878
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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