Atlantic coast of Morocco. 

Species:

Acanthodactylus lineomaculatus  DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839

Synonyms:

Acanthodactylus lineomaculatus   DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839

Acanthodactylus erythrurus lineomaculatus  SALVADOR, 1982

Acanthodactylus erythrurus tingitanus   (fide SALVADOR, 1982)

Common names:

Fransenfingereidechse (German)

Types:

Syntypes: MNHN-RA 5912 (by monotypy; fide Brygoo 1988 in type catalogue Lacertidae, but unlocated by SALVADOR 1982: 63. BOULENGER 1921 mentioned 10 syntypes in MNHN)

Terra Typica:

`Mogador` (? = Essaouira on the Moroccan Atlantic coast).


Taxonomic notes:

Previously considered a subspecies of A. erythrurus and probably it is just one, according to genetic data.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. (1839) -  Livre quatrième: De l`ordre des lézards ou des sauriens - Seconde sous-famille. Autosaures Coelodontes. -  Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles, 5: 153-317.  

  • Fonseca, M.M. & Brito, J.C. & Paulo, O.S. & Carretero, M.A. & Harris, D.J. (2009) -  Systematic and phylogeographical assessment of the Acanthodactylus erythrurus group (Reptilia: Lacertidae) based on phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 51 (2): 131-142.    

  • 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.    

 
 
 
 
 

Acanthodactylus lineomaculatus  © 2010 Mario Schweiger