Acanthodactylus tilburyi

Acanthodactylus tilburyi
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. tilburyi
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus tilburyi Arnold, 1986

Acanthodactylus tilburyi, known commonly as Tilbury's fringe-fingered lizard, Tilbury's fringe-toed lizard, and Tilbury's spiny-footed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.

Etymology

The specific name, tilburyi, is in honor of South African herpetologist Colin R. Tilbury. ^[2]

Geographic range

A. tilburyi is found in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. tilburyi is desert. ^[1]

Reproduction

A. tilburyi is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Al Johany, A.M.H. (2012). "Acanthodactylus tilburyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T199607A2606419. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199607A2606419.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. 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 tilburyi, p. 265).
3. Acanthodactylus tilburyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading

• Arnold EN (1986). "A New Spiny-Footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus: Lacertidae) from Saudi Arabia". Fauna of Saudi Arabia8: 378–384. (Acanthodactylus tilburyi, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Arabic).
• Disi, Ahmad M.; Modrý, David; Nečas, Petr; Rifai, Lina (2001). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 408 pp. ISBN   978-3930612123.
• 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.