Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard
| Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata | 
| Class: | Reptilia | 
| Order: | Squamata | 
| Suborder: | Sauria | 
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha | 
| Family: | Lacertidae | 
| Genus: | Acanthodactylus | 
| Species: | A. schreiberi | 
| Binomial name | |
|  Acanthodactylus schreiberi Boulenger, 1878  | |
| Synonyms | |
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Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus schreiberi ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[1]
Etymology
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
A. schreiberi is found in Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, and Turkey.[1]
Habitat
The natural habitats of Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard are sandy shores, pastureland, and plantations.[1]
Conservation status
A. schreiberi is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Hraoui-Bloquet S, Sadek R, Werner Y, Lymberakis P, Tok V, Ugurtas I, Sevinç M, Böhme W (2006). "Acanthodactylus schreiberi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
 - ↑ "Acanthodactylus schreiberi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
 - ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (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
- Boulenger GA (1878). "Sur les espèces d'Acanthodatyles des bords de la Méditerranée ". Bull. Soc. zool. France 3: 179-197. ("Acanthodactylus Savignyi Var. Schreiberii ", pp. 188–191).
 - Boulenger GA (1887). "List of Reptiles and Batrachians from Cyprus". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fifth Series 20: 344-345. ("Acanthodactylus Schreiberi ", p. 344).
 - Salvador A (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).
 
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