Acanthodactylus opheodurus, also known commonly as Arnold's fringe-fingered lizard or the snake-tailed fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
| Species: | A. opheodurus
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| Acanthodactylus opheodurus Arnold, 1980
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Geographic range edit
A. opheodurus is found in Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.[2]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ Behbehani, S.J.Y.; Aloufi, A.A.H.; Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Werner, Y.L.; Disi, A.M. (2012). "Acanthodactylus opheodurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T164656A1064811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164656A1064811.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Acanthodactylus opheodurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.
Further reading edit
- Arnold EN (1980). "The Reptiles and Amphibians of Dhofar, Southern Arabia". Journal of Oman Studies. Special Report No. 2: 273–332. (Acanthodactylus opheodurus, new species, p. 296).
- Cunningham, Peter Low (2001). "Notes on some aspects of the ecology of Acanthodactylus opheodurus Arnold, 1980, from the United Arab Emirates (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae)". Herpetozoa (Vienna) 14 (1/2): 15–20. (in English, with an abstract in German).
- Werner, Yehudah L.; Gajst, Oren; Talbi, Roy; Bouskila, Amos (2012). "Acanthodactylus opheodurus Arnold, 1980 in the Levant revisited, and the striped patterns of Levantine Acanthodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertidae)". Zoology in the Middle East 56: 31–38.
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