Acanthodactylus taghitensis
| Acanthodactylus taghitensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
| Species: | A. taghitensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodactylus taghitensis & , 1995
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Acanthodactylus taghitensis is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to northwestern Africa.
Geographic range[]
A. taghitensis is found in Algeria, Mauritania, and Western Sahara.[2]
Habitat[]
The preferred habitats of A. taghitensis are shrubland and desert.[1]
Reproduction[]
A. taghitensis is oviparous.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Wilms T, Wagner P, Niagate B, , , Joger U, , , (2013). "Acanthodactylus taghitensis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T197432A2482885. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T197432A2482885.en. Downloaded on 18 April 2019.
- ^ a b Acanthodactylus taghitensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.
Further reading[]
- , , (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.
- Geniez, Philippe; Foucart, Antoine (1995). "Un nouvel acanthodactyle en Algérie: Acanthodactylus taghitensis n. sp. (Reptilia, Sauria, Lacertidae) ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 4e Série, Section A, Zoologie, Biologie, et Écologie Animale 17 (1-2): 3–9. (Acanthodactylus taghitensis, new species). (in French).
- (2006). "Commented distributional list of the reptiles of Mauritania (West Africa)". Graellsia 62 (2): 159–178.
- 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.
- Trape, Jean-François; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).
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