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Coastal common fringe-toed lizard
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species: A. lineomaculatus
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus lineomaculatus
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
Synonyms
  • Acanthodactylus lineomaculatus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839
  • Acanthodactylus vulgaris var. tingitanus Doumergue, 1901
  • Acanthodactylus erythrurus lineomaculatus Salvador, 1982
  • Acanthodactylus lineomaculatus
    Bons & Geniez, 1995

The coastal common fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus lineomaculatus) is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. It is endemic to Morocco.

Habitat

Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, sandy shores, arable land, and pastureland.

Conservation status

It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN2008
  2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Salvador 1982.

Further reading

  • Duméril AMC, Bibron G. 1839. Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome cinquième . Paris: Roret. viii + 854 pp. (Acanthodactylus lineomaculatus, new species, pp. 276-278).
  • Salvador A. 1982. A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae). Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. (Acanthodactylus erythrurus lineomaculatus, pp. 63-64).


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