Doumergue's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus spinicauda), also known commonly as Doumergue's fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[1][2]
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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. spinicauda
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodactylus spinicauda Doumergue, 1901
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Geographic range edit
Habitat edit
The natural habitats of A. spinicauda are open stony and flat sandy places.[1]
Reproduction edit
A. spinicauda is oviparous, and the average clutch size is 8 eggs.[1]
Conservation status edit
The species A. spinicauda is considered "Critically Endangered" because of small geographic range, fragmented distribution within that range, and habitat loss. The species was collected for the first time in 1901. After more than a century no individuals were ever discovered again until recently in 2015, a discovery was made by an Algerian zoological team (D. Boualem, 2016).[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f Joger, U.; Slimani, T.; El Mouden, H.; Geniez, P. (2006). "Acanthodactylus spinicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61463A12489446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61463A12489446.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Acanthodactylus spinicauda at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 July 2014.
Further reading edit
- Doumergue F (1901). Essai sur la faune erpétologique de l'Oranie avec des tableaux analytiques et des notations pour la détermination de tous les reptiles et batraciens du Maroc, de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie. Oran: L. Fouque. 104 pp. + Plates I-XXVII. (Acanthodactylus pardalis var. spinicauda, new variation, pp. 169–173 + Plate XI, Figures 6–9). (in French).
- Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus spinicauda, pp. 97–101, Figures 53–56, Map 20a). (in English, with an abstract in German).
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