''Acanthodactylus arabicus'',
commonly called the Arabian fringe-fingered lizard, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Lacertidae
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. The species is
endemic
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to southern Yemen.
Habitat
''A. arabicus'' is a common species inhabiting deserts and dry shrublands with sandy substrates.
Reproduction
''A. arabicus'' is
oviparous
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.
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References
Further reading
* Boulenger GA (1918). "''Sur les lézards du genre ''Acanthodactylus'' Wiegm.''" ''Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France'' 43: 143-155. (''Acanthodactylus cantoris'' Var. ''arabicus'', new variety, p. 154). (in French).
* Salvador A (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus ''Acanthodactylus'' (Sauria: Lacertidae)". ''Bonner Zoologische Monographien'' (16): 1-167. (''Acanthodactylus arabicus'', new status, pp. 143–145, Figures 95-97 + Map 29 on p. 142). (in English, with an abstract in German).
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Acanthodactylus
Reptiles of the Arabian Peninsula
Lizards of Asia
Reptiles described in 1918
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger