Acanthodactylus arabicus explained

Acanthodactylus arabicus, commonly called the Arabian fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to southern Yemen.

Habitat

A. arabicus is a common species inhabiting deserts and dry shrublands with sandy substrates.

Reproduction

A. arabicus is oviparous.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1918). "Sur les lézards du genre Acanthodactylus Wiegm." Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 43: 143-155. (Acanthodactylus cantoris Var. arabicus, new variety, p. 154). (in French).
• Salvador A (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1-167. (Acanthodactylus arabicus, new status, pp. 143–145, Figures 95-97 + Map 29 on p. 142). (in English, with an abstract in German).