Acanthodactylus arabicus

Arabian fringe-fingered lizard
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Acanthodactylus
Species:	A. arabicus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus arabicus Boulenger, 1918
Synonyms [2]
Acanthodactylus cantoris Var. arabicus Boulenger, 1918 Acanthodactylus arabicus — Salvador, 1982

Acanthodactylus arabicus, commonly called the Arabian fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to southern Yemen. ^{[1] [2]}

Habitat

A. arabicus is a common species inhabiting deserts and dry shrublands with sandy substrates. ^[1]

Reproduction

A. arabicus is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Sindaco, R.; Anderson, S.; Busais, S.M.S.; Al Jumaily, M.M. (2012). "Acanthodactylus arabicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T177908A1499691. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T177908A1499691.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Acanthodactylus arabicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1918). "Sur les lézards du genre Acanthodactylus Wiegm. " Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France43: 143-155. (Acanthodactylus cantoris Var. arabicus, new variety, p. 154). (in French).
• Salvador A (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. (Acanthodactylus arabicus, new status, pp. 143–145, Figures 95-97 + Map 29 on p. 142). (in English, with an abstract in German).