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Leopard fringe-fingered lizard

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| name = Leopard fringe-fingered lizard

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Böhme, W. |author2=El Din, S.B. |date=2006 |title=Acanthodactylus pardalis |volume=2006 |page=e.T61460A12471786 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61460A12471786.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Acanthodactylus

| species = pardalis

| authority = (Lichtenstein, 1823)

| synonyms = *Lacerta pardalis
{{small|Lichtenstein, 1823}}

  • Lacerta deserti
    {{small|Milne-Edwards, 1829}}
  • Acanthodactylus pardalis
    {{small|— Boulenger, 1887}}
  • Acanthodactylus pardalis
    {{small|— Salvador, 1982}}

| synonyms_ref = {{EMBL species|genus=Acanthodactylus|species=pardalis}}. www.reptile-database.org.

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The leopard fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus pardalis), also known commonly as the Egyptian fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to North Africa.

Geographic range

A. pardalis is found in Egypt{{Cite book|title=A Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Egypt|last=Baha El Din|first=Sherif|publisher=The American University in Cairo Press|year=2006|isbn=978-9774249792|location=Cairo}} and Libya.

Habitat

The natural habitats of the leopard fringe-fingered lizard are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and intertidal flats.

Reproduction

A. pardalis is oviparous.

Conservation status

A. pardalis is threatened by habitat loss.

References

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Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Acanthodactylus pardalis, new combination, pp. 65–67).
  • Lichtenstein H (1823). Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen. Berlin: T.Trautwein. x + 118 pp. + one plate. (Lacerta pardalis, new species, p. 99). (in German and Latin).
  • Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologischen Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus pardalis, pp. 80–84, Figures 39–41, Map 16). (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}}.

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Category:Acanthodactylus

Category:Lacertid lizards of Africa

Category:Vertebrates of Egypt

Category:Reptiles described in 1823

Category:Taxa named by Hinrich Lichtenstein

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Reptiles of North Africa

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