Acanthodactylus grandis, commonly called the giant fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Western Asia.
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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. grandis
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| Acanthodactylus grandis Boulenger, 1909
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Geographic range
editA. grandis is found in Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria.[1][2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Al Johany, A.M.H.; Amr, Z.S.S.; Sharifi, M.; Papenfuss, T.; Sadek, R.; Disi, A.M.; Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Werner, Y.L.; Shafiei Bafti, S. (2012). "Acanthodactylus grandis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T164590A1059820. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T164590A1059820.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Acanthodactylus grandis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.
Further reading
edit- Boulenger GA (1909). "Description of a new Lizard of the Genus Acanthodactylus from Syria". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eighth Series 4: 188–189. (Acanthodactylus grandis, new species).
- Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus grandis, pp. 110–113, Figures 66–68, Map 22). (in English, with an abstract in German).
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