Acanthodactylus grandis

Acanthodactylus grandis, commonly called the giant fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Western Asia.

Acanthodactylus grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. grandis
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus grandis
Boulenger, 1909
Synonyms[2]
  • Acanthodactylus grandis
    Boulenger, 1909
  • Acanthodactylus fraseri
    Boulenger, 1918
  • Acanthodactylus grandis
    — Salvador, 1982

Geographic range

A. grandis is found in Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.[1][2]

Reproduction

A. grandis is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Al Johany AMH, Amr ZSS, Sharifi M, Papenfuss T, Sadek R, Disi AM, Hraoui-Bloquet S, Werner YL, Shafiei Bafti S (2012). "Acanthodactylus grandis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T164590A1059820. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164590A1059820.en. Downloaded on 16 April 2019.
  2. Acanthodactylus grandis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1909). "Description of a new Lizard of the Genus Acanthodactylus from Syria". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 4: 188–189. (Acanthodactylus grandis, new species).
  • Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus grandis, pp. 110–113, Figures 66–68, Map 22). (in English, with an abstract in German).



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