Biology:Acanthodactylus senegalensis
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Short description: Species of lizard
Acanthodactylus senegalensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
Species: | A. senegalensis
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Binomial name | |
Acanthodactylus senegalensis Chabanaud, 1918
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Acanthodactylus senegalensis is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to northwestern Africa.
Geographic range
A. senegalensis is found in Algeria, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, and Western Sahara.[2]
Habitat
The preferred habitat of A. senegalensis is shrubland.[1]
Reproduction
A. senegalensis is oviparous.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Niagate, B.; Wagner, P.; Wilms, T. (2018). "Acanthodactylus senegalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T13151884A13151887. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T13151884A13151887.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13151884/13151887. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Acanthodactylus senegalensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.
Further reading
- Chabanaud P (1918). "Étude d'une Collection de Reptiles de l'Afrique Occidentale française, récemment donnée au Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris par le Dr G. Bouet, avec la description de deux espèces nouvelles ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 24: 160–166. (Acanthodactylus senegalensis, new species, pp. 162–164). (in French).
- Crochet PA, Geniez P, Ineich I (2003). "A multivariate analysis of the fringe-toed lizards of the Acanthodactylus scutellatus group (Squamata: Lacertidae): systematic and biogeographical implications". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137: 117–155.
Wikidata ☰ Q2822555 entry