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词条 Bosc's fringe-toed lizard
释义

  1. Geographic range

  2. Behavior and habitat

  3. Etymology

  4. References

  5. Further reading

  6. External links

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| name = Bosc's fringe-toed lizard
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| image = Bosc's fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus asper).jpg
| image_caption = Dana Biosphere Reserve, Jordan
| genus = Acanthodactylus
| species = boskianus
| authority = (Daudin, 1802)
| synonyms = *Lacerta boskiana
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  • Lacerta aspera
    {{small|Audouin, 1829}}
  • Scapteira inaequalis
    {{small|Gray, 1838}}
  • Acanthodactylus boskianus
    {{small|— A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839}}

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}}Bosc's fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus) is a species of lacertid lizard[2] endemic to North Africa and Western Asia.[1]

Geographic range

A. boskianus is found in Algeria, Egypt,[2] Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, southern Turkey, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates.[1]

Behavior and habitat

Bosc's fringe-toed lizard is a fast lizard that lives in deserts.[3]

Etymology

Both the specific name, boskianus, and the common name, Bosc's fringe-toed lizard, are in honor of French naturalist Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc.[4]

References

1. ^"Acanthodactylus boskianus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. ^{{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|pages=}}
3. ^Whitfield, Philip (editor) (1984). Longman Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia. London: Longman. 600 pp. {{ISBN|978-0582556911}}. (Bosc's fringe-toed lizard, p. 434).
4. ^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Acanthodactylus boskianus, p. 33).

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 boskianus, pp. 59–60).
  • Daudin FM (1802). Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des reptiles; Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusiers Sociétés savantes. Tome troisième [Volume 3]. Paris: F. Dufart. 452 pp. (Lacerta boskiana, new species, pp. 188–190). (in French and Latin).
  • Salvador A (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. (Acanthodactylus boskianus, pp. 23–37, Figures 4-6, Maps 2-5, Tables 1-5).

External links

  • {{Wikispecies inline|Acanthodactylus boskianus}}
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6 : Acanthodactylus|Lacertid lizards of Africa|Fauna of North Africa|Lizards of Asia|Reptiles described in 1802|Taxa named by François Marie Daudin

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