Savigny's fringe-fingered lizard

Savigny's fringe-fingered lizard
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Acanthodactylus
Species:	A. savignyi
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus savignyi (Audouin, 1809)
Synonyms[2]
Lacerta savignyi Audouin, 1809 Acanthodactylus savignyi — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 Acanthodactylus vaillanti Lataste, 1885 Acanthodactylus savignyi — Boulenger, 1887 Acanthodactylus savignyi var. oranensis Doumergue, 1901 Acanthodactylus savignyi — Boulenger, 1918 Acanthodactylus savignyi — Salvador, 1982

Savigny's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus savignyi ) is a species of lacertid lizard endemic to western North Africa.^[1]

Etymology

Both the specific name, savignyi, and the common name, Savignyi's fringe-fingered lizard, are in honor of French zoologist Marie Jules César Savigny.^[3]

Geographic range

A. savignyi is found in Algeria and possibly Morocco.^[1]

Habitat

The natural habitats of Savignyi's fringe-fingered lizard are temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, and sandy shores.^[1]

Conservation status

A. savignyi is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 Slimani T, Miras JAM, Geniez P, Joger U (2006). "Acanthodactylus savignyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 19 February 2009. 
2. ↑ "Acanthodactylus savignyi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Acanthodactylus savignyi, p. 233).

Further reading

• Audouin JV (1809)."Explication sommaire des planches de reptiles (supplément) publiées par Jules-César Savigny ". In: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire É (1809). Description de l'Égypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte, pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publiée par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire naturelle, Tome premier. Paris. (Lacerta savignyi, new species, p. 172 + Plate I, figure 8).
• Salvador A (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. (Acanthodactylus savignyi, pp. 66–69, Figures 27-29, Map 12).