Acanthodactylus blanfordii

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Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. blanfordii
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus blanfordii
Boulenger, 1918
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Acanthodactylus cantoris var. blanfordii
    Boulenger, 1918
  • Acanthodactylus blanfordi [sic]
    Salvador, 1982
  • Acanthodactylus blanfordii
    Das, 1996

Acanthodactylus blanfordii, commonly called Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East and India. Recent genetic studies have reclassified Acanthodactylus blanfordii into a newly recognized blanfordii group within the Eastern clade of Acanthodactylus. This group is genetically distinct from the cantoris group, where A. blanfordii was previously placed based solely on morphological characteristics.

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Geographic range

Acanthodactylus blanfordii is found in SE Iran, S Afghanistan, SW Pakistan, N Oman (Muscat region), and India. [1]

The type locality is "Perse et Béloutchistan ". [1]

Etymology

Both the specific name, blanfordii, and the common name, Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard, are in honor of English naturalist William Thomas Blanford (1832–1905), member of the Geological Survey of India. [3]

Reproduction

A. blanfordii is oviparous. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Species Acanthodactylus blanfordii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org
  2. Salvador (1982).
  3. 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 blanfordii, p. 27).

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