Acanthodactylus opheodurus

Acanthodactylus opheodurus
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. opheodurus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus opheodurus Arnold, 1980

Acanthodactylus opheodurus, also known commonly as Arnold's fringe-fingered lizard or the snake-tailed fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.

Geographic range

Acanthodactylus opheodurus from Saudi Arabia

A. opheodurus is found in Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. ^[2]

Reproduction

A. opheodurus is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Behbehani, S.J.Y.; Aloufi, A.A.H.; Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Werner, Y.L.; Disi, A.M. (2012). "Acanthodactylus opheodurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T164656A1064811. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164656A1064811.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Acanthodactylus opheodurus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading

• Arnold EN (1980). "The Reptiles and Amphibians of Dhofar, Southern Arabia". Journal of Oman Studies. Special Report No. 2: 273–332. (Acanthodactylus opheodurus, new species, p. 296).
• Cunningham, Peter Low (2001). "Notes on some aspects of the ecology of Acanthodactylus opheodurus Arnold, 1980, from the United Arab Emirates (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae)". Herpetozoa (Vienna) 14 (1/2): 15–20. (in English, with an abstract in German).
• Werner, Yehudah L.; Gajst, Oren; Talbi, Roy; Bouskila, Amos (2012). "Acanthodactylus opheodurus Arnold, 1980 in the Levant revisited, and the striped patterns of Levantine Acanthodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertidae)". Zoology in the Middle East56: 31–38.