Israel / Be`er Sheva, Nahal Yattir. 

Species:

Acanthodactylus beershebensis  MORAVEC et al., 1999

Synonyms:

Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii  WERNER, 2004

Common names:

Be’er Sheva Fransenfingereidechse (German)
Be’er Sheva Fringe-fingered Lizard (English)

Types:

Holotype: HUJ R 7621, male; paratypes: NMP6V, MZUF, more paratypes (n= 247) at HUJ

Terra Typica:

Be’er Sheva, subdistrict , 5 km E of ‘Omer-Hebron-’ Arad crossroads (Israel Grid 14350770), i.e. around the Nahal Yattir crossing of the Zomet Shoqet - ‘Arad road, Israel.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Moravec, J. & Baha El Din, S. & Seligmann, H. & Sivan, N. & Werner, Y.L. (1999) -  Systematics and distribution of the Acanthodactylus pardalis group (Lacertidae) in Egypt and Israel. -  Zoology in the Middle East, Heidelberg, 17 (1): 21-50.    

  • Carretero, M.A. & Fonseca, M.M. & Garcia-Muñoz, E. & Brito, J.C. & Harris, D.J. (2011) -  Adding Acanthodactylus beershebensis to the mtDNA phylogeny of the Acanthodactylus pardalis group. -  Northwestern Journal of Zoology, 7 (1): 138-142.     

  • Tamar, K. & Carranza, S. & Sindaco, R. & Moravec, J. & Trape, J.-F. & Meiri, S. (2016) -  Out of Africa: Phylogeny and biogeography of the widespread genus Acanthodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertidae).  -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 103: 6-18.    

 
 

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