Acanthodactylus tilburyi explained

Acanthodactylus tilburyi, known commonly as Tilbury's fringe-fingered lizard, Tilbury's fringe-toed lizard, and Tilbury's spiny-footed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.

Etymology

The specific name, tilburyi, is in honor of South African herpetologist Colin R. Tilbury.^[1]

Geographic range

A. tilburyi is found in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. tilburyi is desert.

Reproduction

A. tilburyi is oviparous.

Further reading

• Arnold EN (1986). "A New Spiny-Footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus: Lacertidae) from Saudi Arabia". Fauna of Saudi Arabia 8: 378–384. (Acanthodactylus tilburyi, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Arabic).
• Disi, Ahmad M.; Modrý, David; Nečas, Petr; Rifai, Lina (2001). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 408 pp. .
• Leviton, Alan E.; Anderson, Steven C.; Adler, Kraig; Minton, Sherman A. (1992). Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles. (Contributions to Herpetology No. 8). Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 252 pp. .
• 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. .

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Acanthodactylus tilburyi, p. 265).