Acanthodactylus blanci

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Overview

Endangered

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: This species is found in semi-arid habitats with open vegetation, at coastal sites, in dunes with plant growth, and in areas of clay substrate with shrubs or sparse Eucalyptus plantations. It has also been recorded from pine forests . The species generally avoids rocky locations. It is an oviparous species.[1]


List of Habitats:1.4Forest - Temperate 3.8Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation 13.3Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Coastal Sand Dunes 14.3Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Acanthodactylus blanci— Harris & Arnold 2000
2. Acanthodactylus blanci — Schleich, KÄstle & Kabisch 1996: 382
3. Acanthodactylus savignyi blanci Doumergue 1901

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Acanthodactylus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 84 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. (Latastia) · A. aegyptius · A. ahmaddisii · A. arabicus (Arabian Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. aureus (Golden Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. bedriagai (Bedriaga's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. beershebensis · A. blanci (White Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. blandfordi · A. blanfordi · A. blanfordii (Blanford's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. boskianus (Bosk's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. boskianus asper · A. boskianus boskianus · A. boskianus euphraticus · A. boskianus var. asper · A. boskianus var. syriacus · A. boskianus var. syriacus Boettger, 1879 · A. boueti (Chabanaud's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. busacki (Busack's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. cantoris (Indian Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. cantoris arabicus · A. cantoris cantoris · A. cantoris schmidti · A. cantoris var. arabicus · A. dorsalis · A. dumerilii (Duméril's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. dumerilii (Duméril's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. dumerilii dumerilii · A. dumerilii exiguus · A. senegalensis (Duméril's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. dunienlii · A. erythrums · A. erythrurus (Roodstaartfransjenhagedis) · A. erythrurus atlanticus · A. erythrurus belli · A. erythrurus erythrurus (Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. erythrurus lineomaculatus · A. felicis (Cat Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. haasi · A. gongrorhynchatus · A. grandis (Giant Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. guineensis (Guinea Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. haasi (Haas' Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. harranensis · A. inornatus · A. inornatus aureus · A. lineomaculatus · A. longipes (Long Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. longipes panousei · A. maculatus (Spotted Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. masirae (Masira Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. mechriguensis · A. micropholis (Yellowtail Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. mucronatus · A. nilsoni · A. opheodurus (Arnold's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. orientalis · A. pardalis (Egyptian Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. robustus (Robust Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. savignyi (Savigny's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. schmidti (Schmidt's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. schreiberi (Schreiber's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. schreiberi schreiberi · A. schreiberi syriacus · A. schreibersi · A. scintellatus · A. scutellatus (Nidua Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. scutellatus audouini · A. scutellatus aureus · A. scutellatus hardyi · A. scutellatus scutellatus (Fringe-Toed Lizard) · A. scuttelatus · A. senegalensis · A. spinicauda (Doumergue's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. syriacus · A. taghitensis · A. tilburyi (Tilbury's Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. tristrami (Lebanon Fringe-Fingered Lizard) · A. tristrami iracensis · A. tristrami · A. tristrami tristrami · A. vulgaris · A. yemenicus (Yemen Fringe-Fingered Lizard)

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Further Reading

• Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale. Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique [etc.] FRE url p. 442.
• Chirio et al. (1997) Écologie (Paris) 28 (4): 281-292
• Chirio, L. and Blanc, Ch.P. 1997. Analyse de la distibution des reptiles dans la massif de l'Aurès (Algerie). Écologie (Paris). 28(4): 281–292
• Doumergue (1901) Essai sur la faune erpétologique de l'Oranie.
• Harris et al. (2004) Amphibia- Reptilia. 25 (2):227-232
• Kuyl et al. (2002) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22: 174-183
• Schleich et al. (1996) Amph. Rept. North Africa.
• Schleich, H H., Kästle, W. and Kabisch, K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein.
• Schlüter, U. 2000. Zur Kenntnis von Blancs Fransenfinger (Acanthodactylus blanci). Elaphe 8(3): 70–72
• Schlüter, U. 2002. Die Fransenfingereidechsen (Acanthodactylus) Nordafrikas. Draco 3(2): 58–65
• Schlüter (2000) Elaphe 8 (3): 70-72
• Schlüter (2002) Draco 3 (2): 58-65
• Schlüter (2007) Reptilia (Münster) 12 (5): 56-65

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 31, 2006.
• Nouira, M.S. & Joger, U. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2535720
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-263
• IUCN ID: 61455
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 627143

Footnotes

1. Nouira, M.S. & Joger, U. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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