Acanthodactylus boueti

{{speciesbox

|name = Acanthodactylus boueti

|status = DD

|status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Branch, W.R. |author2=Rödel, M.-O. |author3=Segniagbeto, G. |author4=Penner, J. |date=2013 |title=Acanthodactylus boueti |volume=2013 |page=e.T13151858A13151861 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13151858A13151861.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Acanthodactylus

| species = boueti

| authority = Chabanaud, 1917

| synonyms =

}}

Acanthodactylus boueti, also known commonly as Chabanaud's fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to West Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, boueti, is in honor of French physician and ornithologist Georges Bouet (1869–1957), who worked in French West Africa in 1906–1930.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 boueti, p. 33).

Geographic range

A. boueti is found in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo.{{NRDB species|genus=Acanthodactylus|species=boueti|accessdate=20 October 2015}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. boueti is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to {{convert|500|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

A. boueti is oviparous.

Acanthodactylus boueti

Etymology

Geographic range

Habitat

Reproduction

References

Further reading