Acanthodactylus yemenicus

Acanthodactylus yemenicus, known commonly as the Yemen fringe-fingered lizard, the Yemen fringe-toed lizard, or the Yemen spiny-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Yemen.[2]

Acanthodactylus yemenicus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. yemenicus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus yemenicus
Salvador, 1982

Habitat

The preferred habitats of A. yemenicus are desert and rocky areas such as cliffs and mountain peaks.[1]

Reproduction

A. yemenicus is oviparous.[2]

gollark: <@!356107472269869058> write esolang where the only operation is x86 syscalls
gollark: Hmm, thus demote coltrans establish anarchy?
gollark: oh no.
gollark: Brotlipython™ is the best currently extant encoding of python for golfing maybe?
gollark: Brotlipython™ is the future of golf.

References
  1. Sindaco R, Busais SMS (2012). "Acanthodactylus yemenicus ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T199841A2613451. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199841A2613451.en. Downloaded on 18 April 2019.
  2. Acanthodactylus yemenicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading
  • Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-67. (Acanthodactylus yemenicus, new species, pp. 53–57, Figures 20–22, Map 10). (in English, with an abstract in German).
  • 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.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.