Acanthodactylus margaritae

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Acanthodactylus margaritae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. margaritae
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus margaritae

Acanthodactylus margaritae is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Morocco.

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Etymology

The specific name, margaritae, is in honor of Greek herpetologist Margarita Metallinou, who died tragically while doing field work in Africa in 2015. [1]

Geographic range

A. margaritae is found in southern Morocco. [1]

Habitat

A. margaritae inhabits a variety of desert and semidesert habitats, including stony plains, stable sands, fixed dunes, hard clay with sparse low vegetation, and open argan tree forest. [1]

Description

The maximum recorded snout-to-vent length (SVL) for A. margaritae is 7.1 cm (2.8 in). [1]

Reproduction

A. margaritae is oviparous. [1]

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