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Acanthodactylus boueti

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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

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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

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

Habitat

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

Reproduction

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A. boueti is oviparous.[3]

References

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  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

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  • 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).