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Distribution

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Continent: Africa
Distribution: SW Morocco, Mauritania ?, Algeria ?, N Western Sahara
Type locality: 30 km south of Goulimine, Morocco
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Acanthodactylus busacki

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Acanthodactylus busacki, called commonly Busack's fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to northwestern Africa.

Etymology

The specific name, busacki, is in honor of American herpetologist Stephen D. Busack (born 1944).[2]

Geographic range

A. busacki is found in Morocco and Western Sahara.[1][3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. busacki are desert and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 580 m (1,900 ft).[1]

Description

A. busacki may attain a maximum snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.3 cm (2.9 in). Adult males are reddish on the posterior throat, neck, anterior body and belly, and forelimbs.[3]

Reproduction

A. busacki is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Geniez P, Mateo Miras JA, Joger U, Pleguezuelos J, Slimani T, El Mouden EH (2010). "Acanthodactylus busacki ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178569A7572735. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178569A7572735.en. Downloaded on 16 April 2019.
  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 busacki, p. 44).
  3. ^ a b c Acanthodactylus busacki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2015.
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Acanthodactylus busacki: Brief Summary

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Acanthodactylus busacki, called commonly Busack's fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to northwestern Africa.

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