Acanthodactylus dumerilii

Acanthodactylus dumerilii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species: Acanthodactylus dumerilii

Name

Acanthodactylus dumerilii (Milne-Edwards, 1829)

• Lectotype: MNHN-RA-0.2759, ♀. [designated by Crochet, Geniez & Ineich (2003: 142)]
• Type locality: “Sénégal”.

Combinations

• Lacerta dumerilii Milne-Edwards, 1829: 85 [original combination]
• Meroles dumerilii — Gray, 1838: 282 [subsequent combination]
• Acanthodactylus scutellatus var. dumerili — Lataste, 1885: 493 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Acanthodactylus dumerili [sic] — Salvador, 1982: 126 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

Synonyms

• Scapteira inornata Gray, 1838: 281
  • Lectotype: BMNH 1946.9.3.76, ♀. [designated by Crochet, Geniez & Ineich (2003: 143)]
  • Type locality: “Tripoli”, Lybia.

• Acanthodactylus scutellatus var. exiguus Lataste, 1885: 493
  • Lectotype: BMNH 1920.1.20.1349, adult ♂. [designated by Crochet, Geniez & Ineich (2003: 143)]
  • Type locality: “en Algérie, à Biskra, Mraïer, Tougourt, Bled Ahmar, Hadjira, N’Gouça, Tilremt, Laghouat, Aïn-el-Hel et Bou-Sâada; en Tunisie, à l'oued el Kreil (entre le plateau de Haouaïa et Ghumraçen), Kébili (dans le Nefzaoua), Tozeur, et Nefta (dans le Djérid)”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Hadjira, Algeria” by Crochet, Geniez & Ineich (2003: 143).
  • Paralectotypes (n=8): BMNH 1920.1.20.1349c and BMNH 1920.1.20.1349c2 (Bled Ahmar), BMNH 1920.1.20.1349d (Tilremt), BMNH 1920.1.20.1349e and MNHN 5838B (Laghouat), BMNH 1920.1.20.1349i (Mraïer), BMNH 1920.1.20.1349g (Biskra), BMNH 1920.1.20.3006 (Oued el Kreil).

• Acanthodactylus senegalensis Chabanaud, 1918: 162
  • Holotype: MNHN-RA-1918.0043, adult ♂.
  • Type locality: “Sénégal: Sangaleam, près Rufisque”.

References

Primary references

• Milne-Edwards, M. 1829. Recherches zoologiques pour servir à l'histoire des lézards, extraites d'une monographie de ce genre. Annales des sciences naturelles 16: 50–89. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Part 1. Annals of Natural History. Series 1 1(4): 274–283. DOI: 10.1080/00222933809512291 ; BHL Reference page. 
• Lataste, F. 1885. Les Acanthodactyles de Barbarie et les autres espèces du genre. Description d’une nouvelle espèce, du pays des Çomalis (Acanthodactylus Vaillanti). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Serie 2a 2: 476–516. BHL
• Chabanaud, P. 1918. Etude d’une collection de reptiles de l’Afrique occidentale francais. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 1ème série 24: 160–166. BHL
• Salvador, A. 1982. A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae). Bonner Zoologisches Monographien 16: 1–167. BHL
• Crochet, P.-A., Geniez, P. & Ineich, I. 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(1): 117–155. DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00044.x Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tamar, K., Carranza, S., Sindaco, R., Moravec, J., Trape, J.-F. & Meiri, S. 2016. Out of Africa: Phylogeny and biogeography of the widespread genus Acanthodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 6–18. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.003 Reference page. 
• Liz, A.V., Rödder, D., Gonçalves, D.V., Velo-Antón, G., Tarroso, P., Geniez, P., Crochet, P.-A., Carvalho, S.B. & Brito, J.C. 2023. Overlooked species diversity in the hyper-arid Sahara Desert unveiled by dryland-adapted lizards. Journal of Biogeography 50(1): 101–115. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14510 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Acanthodactylus dumerilii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 September 2019.
• Wilms, T., Wagner, P., Niagate, B., Slimani, T., Mateo, J.A., El Mouden, E.H. & Geniez, P. 2018. IUCN: Acanthodactylus dumerilii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T197433A2482977. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T197433A2482977.en. Accessed on 20 April 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Duméril's Fringe-fingered Lizard

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