Acanthodactylus aureus, commonly called the golden fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to northwestern Africa.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
| Species: | A. aureus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodactylus aureus Günther, 1903
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Geographic range
editA. aureus is found in Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal, and Western Sahara.[1][2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Geniez, P.; Mateo, J.A.; Joger, U.; Pleguezuelos, J.; Slimani, T.; El Mouden, E.H.; Wagner, P.; Wilms, T. (2018). "Acanthodactylus aureus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T197434A2483079. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T197434A2483079.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Acanthodactylus aureus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.
Further reading
edit- Günther A (1903). "Reptiles from Rio de Oro, Western Sahara". Novitates Zoologicae 10: 298–299. (Acanthodactylus scutellatus aureus, new subspecies, pp. 298–299).
- Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus aureus, new status, pp. 122–126, Map 24, Figures 77–79). (in English, with an abstract in German).