Acanthodactylus yemenicus

Acanthodactylus yemenicus
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. yemenicus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus yemenicus Salvador, 1982

Acanthodactylus yemenicus, known commonly as the Yemen fringe-fingered lizard, the Yemen fringe-toed lizard, or the Yemen spiny-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Yemen. ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of A. yemenicus are desert and rocky areas such as cliffs and mountain peaks. ^[1]

Reproduction

A. yemenicus is oviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Sindaco, R.; Busais, S.M.S. (2012). "Acanthodactylus yemenicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T199841A2613451. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199841A2613451.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Acanthodactylus yemenicus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading

• Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-67. (Acanthodactylus yemenicus, new species, pp. 53–57, Figures 20–22, Map 10). (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.