Southern Yemen 

Species:

Acanthodactylus arabicus  BOULENGER, 1918

Common names:

Arabischer Fransenfingereidechse (German)
Arabian Fringe-fingered Lizard (English)

Types:

Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.4.33-42 (Aden) and others, MCZ 28685 (Aden)

Terra Typica:

`Sud de l`Arabie`


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1918) -  Sur les lézards de genre Acanthodactylus Wiegm. -  Bulletin de la Societé zoologique de France, 43: 143-155.  

  • Harris, D.J. & Arnold, E.N. (2000) -  Elucidation of the relationships of spiny-footed lizards, Acanthodactylus spp. (Reptilia: Lacertidae) using mitochondrial DNA sequence, with comments on their biogeography and evolution. -  Journal of Zoology, London, 252 (3): 351-362.    

  • Tamar, K. & Carranza, S. & Sindaco, R. & Moravec, J. & Trape, J.-F. & Meiri, S. (2016) -  Out of Africa: Phylogeny and biogeography of the widespread genus Acanthodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertidae).  -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 103: 6-18.    

 
 

Yemen

 
 
 
 
 

Acanthodactylus arabicus  © 1998 Roberto Sindaco