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Acanthodactylus

Index Acanthodactylus

Acanthodactylus is a genus of lacertid lizards, commonly referred to as fringe-fingered lizards or fringe-toed lizards (though the latter common name is also used for the New World lizard genus Uma). [1]

57 relations: Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii, Acanthodactylus arabicus, Acanthodactylus blanci, Acanthodactylus blanfordii, Acanthodactylus erythrurus, Acanthodactylus harranensis, Acanthodactylus maculatus, Acanthodactylus mechriguensis, Afghanistan, Albert Günther, André Marie Constant Duméril, Arabian Peninsula, Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann, Be'er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard, Bedriaga's fringe-fingered lizard, Binomial nomenclature, Bosc's fringe-toed lizard, Desert, Doumergue's fringe-fingered lizard, Europe, Femoral pore, Fernand Lataste, François Doumergue, François Marie Daudin, Franz Werner, Fringe-toed lizard, Gabriel Bibron, Genus, George Albert Boulenger, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Henri Milne-Edwards, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Iberian Peninsula, India, Indian fringe-fingered lizard, Jean Victoire Audouin, John Edward Gray, Jordan, Lacertidae, Leopard fringe-fingered lizard, Lizard, Male, New World, North Africa, Nota bene, Occipital scales, Oviparity, Parietal foramen, Sahara, Savigny's fringe-fingered lizard, ..., Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, Species, Territory (animal), Ventral scales, Western Asia, William Thomas Blanford, Yehudah L. Werner. Expand index (7 more) »

Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii

Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii or the Jordanian fringe-fingered lizard is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

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Acanthodactylus arabicus

Acanthodactylus arabicus or the Arabian fringe-fingered lizard is a species of lizards found in south Yemen.

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Acanthodactylus blanci

Acanthodactylus blanci, commonly known as the white fringe-fingered lizard or Blanc's fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizards in the family Lacertidae.

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Acanthodactylus blanfordii

Acanthodactylus blanfordii, commonly called Blanford's fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

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Acanthodactylus erythrurus

Acanthodactylus erythrurus, commonly known as the spiny-footed lizard, is a species of lacertid lizard endemic to northwestern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.

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Acanthodactylus harranensis

Acanthodactylus harranensis, the Harran fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.

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Acanthodactylus maculatus

Acanthodactylus maculatus, the spotted fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.

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Acanthodactylus mechriguensis

Acanthodactylus mechriguensis, the Tunisian fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan (Pashto/Dari:, Pashto: Afġānistān, Dari: Afġānestān), officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia.

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Albert Günther

Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.

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André Marie Constant Duméril

André Marie Constant Duméril (January 1, 1774 – August 14, 1860) was a French zoologist.

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Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula, simplified Arabia (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, ‘Arabian island’ or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب, ‘Island of the Arabs’), is a peninsula of Western Asia situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian plate.

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Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann

Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (2 June 1802 – 15 January 1841) was a German zoologist and herpetologist born in Braunschweig.

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Be'er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard

The Be'er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus beershebensis) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

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Bedriaga's fringe-fingered lizard

Bedriaga's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus bedriagai) is a species of lizards in the family Lacertidae.

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Binomial nomenclature

Binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system") also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.

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Bosc's fringe-toed lizard

Bosc's fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus) is a species of lacertid lizard endemic to North Africa and Western Asia.

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Desert

A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and consequently living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.

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Doumergue's fringe-fingered lizard

Doumergue's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus spinicauda) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Femoral pore

Femoral pores are a part of a holocrine secretory gland found on the inside of the thighs of certain lizards and amphisbaenians which releases pheromones to attract mates or mark territory.

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Fernand Lataste

Fernand Lataste (1847 - 1934) was a French zoologist and herpetologist born in Cadillac, Gironde.

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François Doumergue

François Doumergue (11 May 1858, Carcassonne – 24 December 1938, Oran, Algeria) was a French naturalist remembered for his scientific investigations within the department of Oran.

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François Marie Daudin

François Marie Daudin (29 August 1776 in Paris – 30 November 1803 in Paris) was a French zoologist.

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Franz Werner

Franz Josef Maria Werner (15 August 1867 in Vienna – 28 February 1939 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist and explorer.

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Fringe-toed lizard

Fringe-toed lizards are lizards of the genus Uma in the subfamily Phrynosomatinae, native to deserts of North America.

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Gabriel Bibron

Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist, and herpetologist.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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George Albert Boulenger

George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

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Heinrich Rudolf Schinz

Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (March 30, 1777 – March 8, 1861) was a Swiss physician and naturalist.

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Henri Milne-Edwards

Henri Milne-Edwards (23 October 1800 – 29 July 1885) was an eminent French zoologist.

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Hinrich Lichtenstein

Martin Hinrich Carl Lichtenstein (10 January 1780 – 2 September 1857) was a German physician, explorer, botanist and zoologist.

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Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, also known as Iberia, is located in the southwest corner of Europe.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian fringe-fingered lizard

The Indian fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus cantoris) is a species of lacertid lizard found in Asia.

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Jean Victoire Audouin

Jean Victor Audouin (27 April 1797 – 9 November 1841), sometimes Victor Audouin, was a French naturalist, an entomologist, herpetologist, ornithologist, and malacologist.

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John Edward Gray

John Edward Gray, FRS (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist.

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Jordan

Jordan (الْأُرْدُنّ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية), is a sovereign Arab state in Western Asia, on the East Bank of the Jordan River.

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Lacertidae

The Lacertidae are the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia.

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Leopard fringe-fingered lizard

The leopard fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus pardalis) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

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Lizard

Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.

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Male

A male (♂) organism is the physiological sex that produces sperm.

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New World

The New World is one of the names used for the majority of Earth's Western Hemisphere, specifically the Americas (including nearby islands such as those of the Caribbean and Bermuda).

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North Africa

North Africa is a collective term for a group of Mediterranean countries and territories situated in the northern-most region of the African continent.

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Nota bene

Nota bene (or; plural form notate bene) is a Latin phrase meaning 'note well'.

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Occipital scales

In reptiles, occipital scales are enlarged plates that lie directly behind the parietal scales.

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Oviparity

Oviparous animals are animals that lay eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother.

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Parietal foramen

The parietal foramen is an opening for the parietal emissary vein, which drains into the superior sagittal sinus.

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Sahara

The Sahara (الصحراء الكبرى,, 'the Great Desert') is the largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic.

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Savigny's fringe-fingered lizard

Savigny's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus savignyi) is a species of lacertid lizard endemic to western North Africa.

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Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard

Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus schreiberi) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Territory (animal)

In ethology, territory is the sociographical area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against conspecifics (or, occasionally, animals of other species).

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Ventral scales

In snakes, the ventral scales or gastrosteges are the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of the body from the neck to the anal scale.

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Western Asia

Western Asia, West Asia, Southwestern Asia or Southwest Asia is the westernmost subregion of Asia.

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William Thomas Blanford

William Thomas Blanford CIE (7 October 1832 – 23 June 1905) was an English geologist and naturalist.

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Yehudah L. Werner

Yehudah Leopold Werner (born 1931 in Munich) is an Israeli herpetologist and Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthodactylus

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