Acanthodactylus yemenicus

Acanthodactylus yemenicus, known commonly as the Yemen fringe-fingered lizard, the Yemen fringe-toed lizard, or the Yemen spiny-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Yemen.[2]

Acanthodactylus yemenicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. yemenicus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus yemenicus
Salvador, 1982

Habitat edit

The preferred habitats of A. yemenicus are desert and rocky areas such as cliffs and mountain peaks.[1]

Reproduction edit

A. yemenicus is oviparous.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sindaco, R.; Busais, S.M.S. (2012). "Acanthodactylus yemenicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199841A2613451. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199841A2613451.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Acanthodactylus yemenicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading edit

  • Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-67. (Acanthodactylus yemenicus, new species, pp. 53–57, Figures 20–22, Map 10). (in English, with an abstract in German).
  • 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.