Acanthodactylus robustus

Acanthodactylus robustus
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. robustus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus robustus F. Werner, 1929

Acanthodactylus robustus, also known commonly as the robust fringe-fingered lizard and the robust fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.

Geographic range

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

Reproduction

A. robustus is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Amr, Z.S.S.; Al Johany, A.M.H.; Disi, A.M. (2012). "Acanthodactylus robustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T164724A1070603. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164724A1070603.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Acanthodactylus robustus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading

• 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.
• Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus robustus, pp. 106–109, Figures 63–65, Map 21). (in English, with an abstract in German).
• 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.
• Werner F (1929). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Syrien und Persien ". Zoologischer Anzeiger81: 238–245. (Acanthodactylus robustus, new species, pp. 240–242, Figure 2). (in German).