Acanthodactylus nilsoni, commonly called Nilson's spiny-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Iran.
| Nilson's spiny-toed lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
| Species: | A. nilsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodactylus nilsoni N. Rastegar-Pouyani, 1998
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Etymology edit
The specific name, nilsoni, is in honor of Swedish herpetologist Göran Nilson (born 1948).[2]
Geographic range edit
A. nilsoni is found in Kermanshah Province, western Iran.[3]
Description edit
A. nilsoni is medium-sized for its genus, with a maximum snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.4 cm (2.9 in), and a maximum tail length of 16.5 cm (6.5 in).[4]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ Göran Nilson (2009). "Acanthodactylus nilsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T29483A9500861. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T29483A9500861.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Acanthodactylus nilsoni, p. 191).
- ^ a b Acanthodactylus nilsoni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.
- ^ Rastegar-Pouyani N (1998).
Further reading edit
- Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah (1998). "A new species of Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Qasr-E-Shirin, Kermanshah Province, Western Iran". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 50: 257–265. (Acanthodactylus nilsoni, new species).
- Sindaco, Roberto; Jeremčenko, Valery K. (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
- Šmíd, Jiří; Moravec, Jiří; Kodym, Petr; Yousefkhani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian; Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar; Frynta, Daniel (2014). "Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran". Zootaxa 3855 (1): 001–097.
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