Acanthodactylus aureus

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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|name = Golden fringe-fingered lizard

|image = Acanthodactylus aureus Front.jpg

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Geniez, P. |author2=Mateo, J.A. |author3=Joger, U. |author4=Pleguezuelos, J. |author5=Slimani, T. |author6=El Mouden, E.H. |author7=Wagner, P. |author8=Wilms, T. |date=2018 |title=Acanthodactylus aureus |volume=2018 |page=e.T197434A2483079 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T197434A2483079.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Acanthodactylus

| species = aureus

| authority = Günther, 1903

| synonyms = *Acanthodactylus scutellatus aureus
{{small|Günther, 1903}}

• Acanthodactylus inornatus aureus
  {{small|— Bons & Girot, 1964}}
• Acanthodactylus aureus
  {{small|— Salvador, 1982}}

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Acanthodactylus aureus, commonly called the golden fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to northwestern Africa.