Acanthodactylus robustus
{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{speciesbox
|name = Acanthodactylus robustus
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Acanthodactylus
| species = robustus
| authority = F. Werner, 1929
| synonyms =
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Acanthodactylus robustus, also known commonly as the robust fringe-fingered lizard and the robust fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.
Geographic range
A. robustus is found in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria{{NRDB species|genus=Acanthodactylus|species=robustus|accessdate=20 October 2015}}
Reproduction
A. robustus is oviparous.
References
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Further reading
- Leviton, Alan E.; Anderson, Steven C.; Adler, Kraig; Minton, Sherman A. (1992). Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles. (Contributions to Herpetology No. 8). Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 252 pp. {{ISBN|978-0916984236}}.
- Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus robustus, pp. 106–109, Figures 63–65, Map 21). (in English, with an abstract in German).
- Sindaco, Roberto; Jeremčenko, Valery K. (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic: 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. {{ISBN|978-88-89504-14-7}}.
- Werner F (1929). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Fauna von Syrien und Persien ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 81: 238–245. (Acanthodactylus robustus, new species, pp. 240–242, Figure 2). (in German).
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Category:Reptiles described in 1929
Category:Taxa named by Franz Werner
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