Acanthodactylus tilburyi

Acanthodactylus tilburyi, known commonly as Tilbury's fringe-fingered lizard, Tilbury's fringe-toed lizard, and Tilbury's spiny-footed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.

Acanthodactylus tilburyi

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. tilburyi
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus tilburyi
Arnold, 1986

Etymology

The specific name, tilburyi, is in honor of South African herpetologist Colin R. Tilbury.[2]

Geographic range

A. tilburyi is found in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. tilburyi is desert.[1]

Reproduction

A. tilburyi is oviparous.[3]

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References
  1. Al Johany AMH (2012). "Acanthodactylus tilburyi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T199607A2606419. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199607A2606419.en. Downloaded on 18 April 2019.
  2. 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 tilburyi, p. 265).
  3. Acanthodactylus tilburyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading
  • Arnold EN (1986). "A New Spiny-Footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus: Lacertidae) from Saudi Arabia". Fauna of Saudi Arabia 8: 378–384. (Acanthodactylus tilburyi, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Arabic).
  • Disi, Ahmad M.; Modrý, David; Nečas, Petr; Rifai, Lina (2001). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 408 pp. ISBN 978-3930612123.
  • Leviton, Alan E.; Anderson, Steven C.; Adler, Kraig; Minton, Sherman A. (1992). Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles. (Contributions to Herpetology No. 8). Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 252 pp. ISBN 978-0916984236.
  • Sindaco, Roberto; Jeremčenko, Valery K. (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic: 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.



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