Acanthodactylus opheodurus
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|status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Acanthodactylus
| species = opheodurus
| authority = Arnold, 1980
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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:Reptiles described in 1980
Category:Taxa named by Edwin Nicholas Arnold
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