Poole, Karen E.
Acanthodactylus
Sign in to saveAcanthodactylus is a genus of lacertid lizards, commonly referred to as fringe-fingered lizards, fringe-toed lizards (though the latter common name is also used for the New World lizard genus Uma), and spiny-toed lizards.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumRotifera
- ClassEurotatoria
- OrderPloima
- FamilyTrichocercidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 368
- With media
- 26
- Family
- Lacertidae
- Collections
- MVZ, CAS, UWZM, UF, CM
- Recorded in
- Yemen, Iran, Oman, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lacertinae
- Image
- Acanthodactylus longipes Front.jpg
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- Acanthodactylus
- taxon name
- Acanthodactylus
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- topic's main category
- Category:Acanthodactylus
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Behavior
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- Classification
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Acanthodactylus is a genus of lacertid lizards, commonly referred to as fringe-fingered lizards, fringe-toed lizards (though the latter common name is also used for the New World lizard genus Uma), and spiny-toed lizards.
==Geographic range== The approximately 40 species in the genus Acanthodactylus are native to a wide area in North Africa, southern Europe and Western Asia; across the Sahara Desert, to the Iberian Peninsula, and east through the Arabian Peninsula, to Afghanistan and western India.
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