Fitzinger's algyroides

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Fitzinger's algyroides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Algyroides
Species:
A. fitzingeri
Binomial name
Algyroides fitzingeri
(Wiegmann, 1834)
Synonyms

Fitzinger's algyroides (Algyroides fitzingeri), also commonly called the pygmy algyroides and the pygmy keeled lizard, [4] is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. [1] The species is native to the islands of Corsica and Sardinia in the Mediterranean. There are no subspecies.

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Etymology

The specific name, fitzingeri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger. [4]

Geographic range

A. fitzingeri is found only in Corsica and Sardinia. [1]

Habitat

The natural habitats of A. fitzingeri are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens, at altitudes from sea level to 1,800 m (5,900 ft). [1]

Reproduction

A. fitzingeri is oviparous. [3] Clutch size is 2–4 eggs. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Corti, Claudia; Cheylan, Marc; Sindaco, Roberto; Romano, Antonio (2009). "Algyroides fitzingeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009: e.T61464A12489532. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61464A12489532.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Algiroides fitzingeri, pp. 45-46).
  3. 1 2 Species Algyroides fitzingeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. 1 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. (Algyroides fitzingeri, p. 91).

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