Acanthodactylus opheodurus

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| image = Acanthodactylus opheodurus.jpg

| status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Behbehani, S.J.Y. |author2=Aloufi, A.A.H. |author3=Al Johany, A.M.H. |author4=Amr, Z.S.S. |author5=Werner, Y.L. |author6=Disi, A.M. |date=2012 |title=Acanthodactylus opheodurus |volume=2012 |page=e.T164656A1064811 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164656A1064811.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Acanthodactylus

| species = opheodurus

| authority = Arnold, 1980

}}

Acanthodactylus opheodurus, also known commonly as Arnold's fringe-fingered lizard or the snake-tailed fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.

Geographic range

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A. opheodurus is found in Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.{{NRDB species|genus=Acanthodactylus|species=opheodurus|accessdate=20 October 2015}}

Reproduction

A. opheodurus is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Arnold EN (1980). "The Reptiles and Amphibians of Dhofar, Southern Arabia". Journal of Oman Studies. Special Report No. 2: 273–332. (Acanthodactylus opheodurus, new species, p. 296).
  • Cunningham, Peter Low (2001). "Notes on some aspects of the ecology of Acanthodactylus opheodurus Arnold, 1980, from the United Arab Emirates (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae)". Herpetozoa (Vienna) 14 (1/2): 15–20. (in English, with an abstract in German).
  • Werner, Yehudah L.; Gajst, Oren; Talbi, Roy; Bouskila, Amos (2012). "Acanthodactylus opheodurus Arnold, 1980 in the Levant revisited, and the striped patterns of Levantine Acanthodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertidae)". Zoology in the Middle East 56: 31–38.

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Category:Acanthodactylus

Category:Reptiles described in 1980

Category:Taxa named by Edwin Nicholas Arnold

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