Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard
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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. schreiberi
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| Acanthodactylus schreiberi Boulenger, 1878
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Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus schreiberi) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[1] The species is endemic to Cyprus.
Etymology
[edit]Both the specific name, schreiberi, and the common name, Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, are in honor of Austrian zoologist Egid Schreiber (1836-1913), author of Herpetologia Europaea (1875).[3]
Geographic range
[edit]A. schreiberi is endemic to Cyprus.[1]
Habitat
[edit]The natural habitats of Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard are sandy shores, pastureland, and plantations.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]A. schreiberi is oviparous.[2]
Conservation status
[edit]A. schreiberi is threatened by habitat loss because of residential and commercial development.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c d e Bowels, P. (2024). "Acanthodactylus schreiberi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T222350753A207990075. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ a b Species Acanthodactylus schreiberi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Acanthodactylus schreiberi, p. 238).
Further reading
[edit]- Boulenger GA (1878). "Sur les espèces d'Acanthodatyles des bords de la Méditerranée ". Bull. Soc. zool. France 3: 179–197. ("Acanthodactylus Savignyi Var. Schreiberii ", new variety, pp. 188–191). (in French).
- Boulenger GA (1887). "List of Reptiles and Batrachians from Cyprus". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fifth Series 20: 344–345. ("Acanthodactylus Schreiberi ", new status, p. 344).
- Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus schreiberi, pp. 38–42, Figures 7–9, Map 16). (in English, with an abstract in German).
- Tamar, Karin; Carranza, Salvador; Sindaco, Roberto; Moravec, Jiří; Meiri, Shai (2014). "Systematics and phylogeography of Acanthodactylus schreiberi and its relationships with Acanthodactylus boskianus (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172 (3): 720–739.
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