Bedriaga's Fringe-fingered Lizard articles

Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: N Algeria (Tablelands), Tunisia
Type locality: Plateau de Sersou, Cyrenaique, Biskra, Hauts Plateaux, Tell (El Guerah, Setif, Constantine, Batna, Oued Sedeur, Oued Dermel, Sahara (Biskra, Bou Saada, Laghouat, Tilremt, Bou-Guelfaia, Le Mzab, Ouargla). Restricted by SALVADOR 1982 to El Guernah, Hauts Plateaux.

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Bedriaga's fringe-fingered lizard

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

Etymology

Both the specific name, bedriagai, and the common name are in honor of Russian herpetologist Jacques von Bedriaga.^[2]

Geographic range

A. bedriagai is native to northern Algeria, where it is found on the Hauts Plateaux and in the Aureus-Kabili Mountains.^[1]

Habitat

The natural habitat of A. bedriagai is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, at altitudes up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

Acanthodactylus bedriagai is oviparous.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Geniez, P.; Miras, J.A.M. (2006). "Acanthodactylus bedriagai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61453A12488579. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61453A12488579.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ 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 bedriagai, p. 21).
^ Species Acanthodactylus bedriagai at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

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