Acanthodactylus aureus

Golden 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. aureus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus aureus Günther, 1903
Synonyms [2]
Acanthodactylus scutellatus aureus Günther, 1903 Acanthodactylus inornatus aureus — Bons & Girot, 1964 Acanthodactylus aureus — Salvador, 1982

Acanthodactylus aureus, commonly called the golden fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to northwestern Africa.

Geographic range

A. aureus is found in Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, and Western Sahara. ^{[1] [2]}

Reproduction

A. aureus is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Geniez, P.; Mateo, J.A.; Joger, U.; Pleguezuelos, J.; Slimani, T.; El Mouden, E.H.; Wagner, P.; Wilms, T. (2018). "Acanthodactylus aureus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T197434A2483079. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T197434A2483079.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Acanthodactylus aureus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading

• Günther A (1903). "Reptiles from Rio de Oro, Western Sahara". Novitates Zoologicae10: 298–299. (Acanthodactylus scutellatus aureus, new subspecies, pp. 298–299).
• Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus aureus, new status, pp. 122–126, Map 24, Figures 77–79). (in English, with an abstract in German).