Acanthodactylus boueti, also known commonly as Chabanaud's fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to West 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. boueti
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodactylus boueti Chabanaud, 1917
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Etymology
editThe specific name, boueti, is in honor of French physician and ornithologist Georges Bouet (1869–1957), who worked in French West Africa in 1906–1930.[2]
Geographic range
editA. boueti is found in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo.[1][3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of A. boueti is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Branch, W.R.; Rödel, M.-O.; Segniagbeto, G.; Penner, J. (2013). "Acanthodactylus boueti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13151858A13151861. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13151858A13151861.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Acanthodactylus boueti, p. 33).
- ^ a b Acanthodactylus boueti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.
Further reading
edit- Chabanaud P (1917). "Énumération des Reptiles non encore étudiés de l'Afrique occidentale, appartenant aux Collections du Muséum, avec la description des espèces nouvelles ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 23: 83–105. (Acanthodactylus boueti, new species, pp. 87–93, Figures 1–4). (in French).
- Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus boueti, pp. 73–76, Figures 33–35). (in English, with an abstract in German).
- Trape, Jean-François; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).
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