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Acanthodactylus gongrorhynchatus

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

Acanthodactylus gongrorhynchatus, also known commonly as the Saudi fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula.

Geographic range

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A. gongrorhynchatus is found in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.[1][2]

Reproduction

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A. gongrorhynchatus is oviparous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Al Johany, A.M.H.; Els, J. (2012). "Acanthodactylus gongrorhynchatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T199609A2606537. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199609A2606537.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Acanthodactylus gongrorhynchatus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading

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  • Leviton, Alan E.; Anderson, Steven C. (1967). "Survey of the reptiles of the Sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi, Arabian Peninsula. Part II. Systematic account of the collection of reptiles made in the Sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi by John Gasperetti". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 35: 157–192. (Acanthodactylus gongrorhynchatus, new species, pp. 171–177, Figures 9A, 10A).
  • Leviton, Alan E.; Anderson, Steven C.; Adler, Kraig; Minton, Sherman A. (1992). Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles. (Contributions to Herpetology No. 8). Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 252 pp. ISBN 978-0916984236.
  • Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus gongrorhynchatus, pp. 136–139, Figures 89–91, Map 27). (in English, with an abstract in German).