Acanthodactylus blanci explained
Acanthodactylus blanci, commonly known as the white fringe-fingered lizard or Blanc's fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to North Africa.
Etymology
The specific name, blanci, is in honor of a "M[onsieur] Blanc " of Tunis who collected the holotype specimen.[1]
Geographic range
Acanthodactylus blanci is found in Algeria and Tunisia.[2]
Description
Adults of A. blanci are 6inchesto9inchesin (toin) in total length (including tail).
Reproduction
A. blanci is oviparous.[2]
Habitat
The natural habitats of A. blanci are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, sandy shores, and plantations.
Conservation status
A. blanci is threatened by habitat loss.
Further reading
- Doumergue F (1901). Essai sur la faune erpétologique de l'Oranie avec des tableaux analytiques et des notations pour la détermination de tous les reptiles et batraciens du Maroc, de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie. Oran: L. Fouque. 104 pp. + Plates I-XXVII. (Acanthodactylus blanci, new species, pp. 184–186 + Plate XIII, Figures 1–5). (in French).
- Salvador A (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus blanci, pp. 69–73, Figures 30–32, Map 13).
Notes and References
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Acanthodactylus blanci, p. 27).
- . www.reptile-database.org.
