Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard (''Acanthodactylus schreiberi'') is a

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in the

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. The species is

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Etymology

Both the

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, ''schreiberi'', and the common name, Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, are in honor of

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Egid Schreiber (1836-1913), author of ''Herpetologia Europaea'' (1875).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Acanthodactylus schreiberi'', p. 238).

Geographic range

''A. schreiberi'' is endemic to

Habitat

The natural

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s of Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard are

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shore A coast (coastline, shoreline, seashore) is the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. Coasts are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape and by aquatic erosion, su ...

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land, and

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Reproduction

''A. schreiberi'' is

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Conservation status

''A. schreiberi'' is threatened by

habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The organisms once living there have either moved elsewhere, or are dead, leading to a decrease ...

because of residential and commercial development.

References

* Boulenger GA (1878). "''Sur les espèces d'Acanthodatyles des bords de la Méditerranée'' ". ''Bull. Soc. zool. France'' 3: 179–197. ("''Acanthodactylus Savignyi'' Var. ''Schreiberii'' ", new variety, pp. 188–191). (in French). *Boulenger GA (1887). "List of Reptiles and Batrachians from Cyprus". ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fifth Series'' 20: 344–345. ("''Acanthodactylus Schreiberi'' ", new status, p. 344). *Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus ''Acanthodactylus'' (Sauria: Lacertidae)". ''Bonner Zoologische Monographien'' (16): 1–167. (''Acanthodactylus schreiberi'', pp. 38–42, Figures 7–9, Map 16). (in English, with an abstract in German). *Tamar, Karin; Carranza, Salvador; Sindaco, Roberto; Moravec, Jiří; Meiri, Shai (2014). "Systematics and phylogeography of ''Acanthodactylus schreiberi'' and its relationships with ''Acanthodactylus boskianus'' (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertidae)". ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 172 (3): 720–739. Acanthodactylus Fauna of Cyprus Reptiles of the Middle East Fauna of Lebanon Reptiles of Turkey Reptiles described in 1878 Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{lacertidae-stub

Etymology

Geographic range

Habitat

Reproduction

Conservation status

References

Further reading