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Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard

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Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. schreiberi
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus schreiberi
Boulenger, 1878
Synonyms[2]
  • Acanthodactylus savignyi var. schreiberii
    Boulenger, 1878
  • Acanthodactylus schreiberi
    — Boulenger, 1887

Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus schreiberi) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[1] The species is endemic to Cyprus.

Etymology

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Both the specific name, schreiberi, and the common name, Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, are in honor of Austrian zoologist Egid Schreiber (1836-1913), author of Herpetologia Europaea (1875).[3]

Geographic range

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A. schreiberi is endemic to Cyprus.[1]

Habitat

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The natural habitats of Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard are sandy shores, pastureland, and plantations.[1]

Reproduction

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A. schreiberi is oviparous.[2]

Conservation status

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A. schreiberi is threatened by habitat loss because of residential and commercial development.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Bowels, P. (2024). "Acanthodactylus schreiberi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T222350753A207990075. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Species Acanthodactylus schreiberi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ 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 schreiberi, p. 238).

Further reading

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  • 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.