Acanthodactylus aureus

Acanthodactylus aureus, commonly called the golden fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to northwestern Africa.

Golden fringe-fingered lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. aureus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus aureus
Günther, 1903
Synonyms[2]
  • Acanthodactylus scutellatus aureus
    Günther, 1903
  • Acanthodactylus inornatus aureus
    Bons & Girot, 1964
  • Acanthodactylus aureus
    Salvador, 1982

Geographic range

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A. aureus is found in Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, and Western Sahara.[1][2]

Reproduction

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A. aureus is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Geniez, P.; Mateo, J.A.; Joger, U.; Pleguezuelos, J.; Slimani, T.; El Mouden, E.H.; Wagner, P.; Wilms, T. (2018). "Acanthodactylus aureus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T197434A2483079. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T197434A2483079.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Acanthodactylus aureus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading

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  • Günther A (1903). "Reptiles from Rio de Oro, Western Sahara". Novitates Zoologicae 10: 298–299. (Acanthodactylus scutellatus aureus, new subspecies, pp. 298–299).
  • Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus aureus, new status, pp. 122–126, Map 24, Figures 77–79). (in English, with an abstract in German).