Acanthodactylus taghitensis is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to northwestern Africa.
| Acanthodactylus taghitensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Acanthodactylus |
| Species: | A. taghitensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthodactylus taghitensis Geniez & Foucart, 1995 | |
Geographic range
A. taghitensis is found in Algeria, Mauritania, and Western Sahara.[2]
Habitat
The preferred habitats of A. taghitensis are shrubland and desert.[1]
Reproduction
References
Further reading
- Crochet PA, Geniez P, Ineich (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: 117–155.
- Geniez, Philippe; Foucart, Antoine (1995). "Un nouvel acanthodactyle en Algérie: Acanthodactylus taghitensis n. sp. (Reptilia, Sauria, Lacertidae) ". Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 4e Série, Section A, Zoologie, Biologie, et Écologie Animale 17 (1-2): 3–9. (Acanthodactylus taghitensis, new species). (in French).
- Padial JM (2006). "Commented distributional list of the reptiles of Mauritania (West Africa)". Graellsia 62 (2): 159–178.
- 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. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
- Trape, Jean-François; Trape, Sébastien; Chirio, Laurent (2012). Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. Paris: IRD Orstom. 503 pp. ISBN 978-2709917261. (in French).