Acanthodactylus orientalis

Acanthodactylus orientalis
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. orientalis
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus orientalis Angel, 1936
Synonyms [2]
Acanthodactylus tristrami orientalis Angel, 1936 Acanthodactylus tristrami iracensis Schmidt, 1939 Acanthodactylus orientalis — Arnold, 1986

Acanthodactylus orientalis is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Western Asia.

Geographic range

A. orientalis is found in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. ^[2]

Reproduction

A. orientalis is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Ahmad Mohammed Mousa Disi (2009). "Acanthodactylus orientalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T164723A5920936. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164723A5920936.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Acanthodactylus orientalis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading

• Angel F (1936). "Reptiles et batraciens de Syrie et de Mésopotamie récoltés par M.P. Pallary ". Bulletin de l'Institut d'Égypte18: 107–116. (Acanthodactylus tristrami orientalis, new subspecies, p. 109). (in French).
• Leviton, Alan E.; Anderson, Steven C.; Adler, Kraig; Minton, Sherman A. (1992). Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles. (Contributions to Herpetology No. 8). Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 252 pp. ISBN   978-0916984236.
• Sindaco, Roberto; Jeremčenko, Valery K. (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic: 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN   978-88-89504-14-7.