Acanthodactylus senegalensis

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Acanthodactylus senegalensis

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. senegalensis
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus senegalensis
Chabanaud, 1918

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. ^ a b 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. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b 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).
  • , , (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.



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