Streifen entlang der Grenzen zwischen Mauretanien und Westsahara und zwischen Algerien und Marokko. 

Art:

Acanthodactylus taghitensis  GENIEZ & FOUCART, 1995

Trivialnamen:

Fransenfingereidechse (Deutsch)

Typen:

Holotype: MNHN-RA 1995.1201

Terra Typica:

36 km SSW Taghit in Westalgerien (30°41’ N, 2°07’ W).


Taxonomische Hinweise:

This species is only known from three adult females and three adult males (including the specimens reported by DONAIRE et al., 2000, CROCHET et al. 2003).


Relevante taxonomische Literatur:

  • Geniez, P. & Foucart, A. (1995) -  Un nouvel Acanthodactyle en Algérie: Acanthodactylus taghitensis n.sp. (Reptilia, Sauria, Lacertidae).  -  Bulletin du Muséum national d`histoire naturelle. Section A, Zoologie, biologie et écologie animales, 17 (1-2): 3-9.  

  • Crochet, P.-A. & Geniez, P. & Ineich, I. (2003) -  A multivariate analysis of the fringe-toed lizards of the Acanthodactylus scutellatus group (Squamata: Lacertidae) systematics and biogeographical implications. -  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 137 (1): 117-155.    

  • 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.    

  • Vicente Liz, A. & Rödder, D. & Vasconcelos Goncalves, D. & Velo-Antón, G. & Tarroso, P. & Geniez, P. & Crochet, P.-A. & Carvalho, S.B. & Brito, J.C. (2022) -  Overlooked species diversity in the hyper-arid Sahara Desert unveiled by dryland-adapted lizards. -  Journal of Biogeography. 2022; 00: 1-15.