Acanthodactylus pardalis

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Overview

Vulnerable

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: It is restricted to semi-arid regions, in steppe with hard clay soils , adjacent to saline coastal areas. The females lay between three and seven eggs .[1]


List of Habitats :3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 4.5Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry 12.4Marine Intertidal - Mud Flats and Salt Flats

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Acanthodactylus pardalis — Boulenger 1887
2. Acanthodactylus pardalis— Harris & Arnold 2000
3. Acanthodactylus pardalis — Salvador 1982: 80
4. Acanthodactylus pardalis — Schleich, KÄstle & Kabisch 1996: 388
5. Lacerta deserti Milne-Edwards 1829
6. Lacerta pardalis Lichtenstein 1823
7. Zootoca deserti — GÜnther 1859

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

• African reptiles and amphibians in Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1936. ENG url p. 61.
• Amr, Z.S., Al-Oran, R. and Disi, A. 1994. Reptiles of southern Jordan. The Snake 26: 41–49
• Arbeiten aus dem Zoologischen Instituten der Universität Wien und der Zoologischen Station in Triest. Wien, A. Hölder. GER url p. 125, p. 141, p. 142.
• Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Berlin: Nicolai, 1835- GER url p. 179.
• Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale. Paris, Centre national de la recherche scientifique [etc.] FRE url p. 442.
• Baha El Din, S. 2001. The herpetofauna of Egypt: species, communities and assemblages. Phd unpublished University of Nottingham School of Biological Sciences Nottingham, UK.
• Bauer, A.M., Günther, R. (1995): An annotated type catalogue of the lacertids (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. - Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 71(1), pp. 37-62
• Bauer et al. (1995) Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 71 (1): 37-62
• Brehms Tierleben: allgemeine Kunde des Tierreichs / von A.E. Brehm; mit etwa 2000 Abbildungen im Text, ©ber 500 Tafeln in Farbendruck, Kupfer©Þtzung und Holzschnitt und 13 Karten. Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1911-1921. GER url p. 189.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 291, p. 300, p. 301, p. 302, p. 303, p. 304, p. 307, p. 311, p. 319, p. 320, p. 333, p. 335, p. 338.
• Disi, A.M. and Böhme, W. 1996. Zoogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of Syria, with additional new records. Herpetozoa 9(1/2): 63–70.
• Essai sur la faune erp©tologique de l'Oranie: avec des tableaux analytiques et des notions pour la d©termination de tous les reptiles & batraciens du Maroc, de l'Alg©rie et de la Tunisie / F. Doumergue. Oran: L. Fouque, 1901. FRE url p. 140, p. 154, p. 157, p. 158, p. 160, p. 162, p. 164, p. 169, p. 178.
• Flower, S. 1933. Notes on the recent reptiles and amphibians of Egypt, with a list of the species recorded from that kingdom. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 1933: 735–851.
• Fonseca et al. (2008) African Zoology 43 (1): 8-15
• Johann (1981) Herpetofauna 3 (13): 17-21
• Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum I.-[II.] teil. Frankfurt a. M., Druck von Gebr©der Knauer, 1893-98. GER url p. 90.
• Kuyl et al. (2002) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22: 174-183
• Lichtenstein et al. (1823) Verzeichniss der Doubletten, Berlin.
• Loveridge (1936) Zool. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Chicago, 22 (1): 1-122 [53].
• Martens, H. 1997. A review of "Zoogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Syria, with additional new records" (Herpetozoa 9 (1/2), 1996). Herpetozoa 10 (3/4): 99–106.
• Mellado et al. (1990) Amphibia-Reptilia 11: 131-146
• Mellado, J. and Olmedo, G. 1990. El género Acanthodactylus en Marruecos: problemas de identificación en los grupos de especies A. pardalis y A. scutellatus. Amphibia-Reptilia 11: 131–146
• Monograph of the Lacertidae / by G.A. Boulenger London, 1920-1921. ENG url p. 447, p. 63, p. 83.
• Moravec, J., Baha El Din, S., Seligmann, H., Sivan, N. and Werner, Y.L. 1999. Systematics and distribution of the Acanthodactylus pardalis group (Lacertidae) in Egypt and Israel. Zoology in the Middle East 17: 21–50
• Natur und Museum. Frankfurt am Main. MUL url p. 64.
• 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.
• Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. Wien: K.-K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei in Kommission bei A. Hölder, GER url p. 341.
• Werner (1991) ZOOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST 5: 37-42.
• Werner, Y L. 1991. Notable herpetofaunal records from Transjordan. Zoology in the Middle East 5: 37–42

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.
• Böhme, W. & El Din, S.B. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2535746
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-292
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13495659
• IUCN ID: 61460
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 627164

Footnotes

1. Böhme, W. & El Din, S.B. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]

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