Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard explained

Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus schreiberi) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Cyprus.

Etymology

Both the specific name, schreiberi, and the common name, Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, are in honor of Austrian zoologist Egid Schreiber (1836-1913), author of Herpetologia Europaea (1875).^[1]

Geographic range

A. schreiberi is endemic to Cyprus.

Habitat

The natural habitats of Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard are sandy shores, pastureland, and plantations.

Reproduction

A. schreiberi is oviparous.

Conservation status

A. schreiberi is threatened by habitat loss because of residential and commercial development.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1878). "Sur les espèces d'Acanthodatyles des bords de la Méditerranée ". Bull. Soc. zool. France 3: 179–197. ("Acanthodactylus Savignyi Var. Schreiberii ", new variety, pp. 188–191). (in French).
• Boulenger GA (1887). "List of Reptiles and Batrachians from Cyprus". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fifth Series 20: 344–345. ("Acanthodactylus Schreiberi ", new status, p. 344).
• Salvador, Alfredo (1982). "A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Bonner Zoologische Monographien (16): 1–167. (Acanthodactylus schreiberi, pp. 38–42, Figures 7–9, Map 16). (in English, with an abstract in German).
• Tamar, Karin; Carranza, Salvador; Sindaco, Roberto; Moravec, Jiří; Meiri, Shai (2014). "Systematics and phylogeography of Acanthodactylus schreiberi and its relationships with Acanthodactylus boskianus (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172 (3): 720–739.

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 schreiberi, p. 238).