Acanthodactylus taghitensis 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. taghitensis
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| Acanthodactylus taghitensis | |
Geographic range
editA. taghitensis is found in Algeria, Mauritania, and Western Sahara.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred habitats of A. taghitensis are shrubland and desert.[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Wilms T, Wagner P, Niagate B, Geniez P, Mateo JA, Joger U, Pleguezuelos J, Slimani T, El Mouden EH (2013). "Acanthodactylus taghitensis ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T197432A2482885. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T197432A2482885.en. Downloaded on 18 April 2019.
- ^ a b Acanthodactylus taghitensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.
Further reading
edit- Crochet PA, Geniez P, Ineich (2003). "A multivariate analysis of the fringe-toed lizards of the Acanthodactylus scutellatus group (Squamata: Lacertidae): systematic and biogeographical implications". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137: 117–155.
- Geniez, Philippe; Foucart, Antoine (1995). "Un nouvel acanthodactyle en Algérie: Acanthodactylus taghitensis n. sp. (Reptilia, Sauria, Lacertidae) ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 4e Série, Section A, Zoologie, Biologie, et Écologie Animale 17 (1-2): 3–9. (Acanthodactylus taghitensis, new species). (in French).
- Padial JM (2006). "Commented distributional list of the reptiles of Mauritania (West Africa)". Graellsia 62 (2): 159–178.
- Sindaco, Roberto; Jeremčenko, Valery K. (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic: 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
- 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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