Acanthodactylus boueti

Acanthodactylus boueti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Acanthodactylus
Species:
A. boueti
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus boueti
Chabanaud, 1917

Acanthodactylus boueti, also known commonly as Chabanaud's fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to West Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, boueti, is in honor of French physician and ornithologist Georges Bouet (1869–1957), who worked in French West Africa in 1906–1930.[2]

Geographic range

A. boueti is found in Benin, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo.[1][3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. boueti is savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).[1]

Reproduction

A. boueti is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Branch, W.R.; Rödel, M.-O.; Segniagbeto, G.; Penner, J. (2013). "Acanthodactylus boueti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13151858A13151861. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13151858A13151861.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Acanthodactylus boueti, p. 33).
  3. ^ a b Acanthodactylus boueti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.

Further reading

  • Chabanaud P (1917). "Énumération des Reptiles non encore étudiés de l'Afrique occidentale, appartenant aux Collections du Muséum, avec la description des espèces nouvelles ". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 23: 83–105. (Acanthodactylus boueti, new species, pp. 87–93, Figures 1–4). (in French).
  • Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus boueti, pp. 73–76, Figures 33–35). (in English, with an abstract in German).
  • 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).


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