Acanthodactylus spinicauda DOUMERGUE, 1901

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Higher Taxa	Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Doumergue's Fringe-fingered Lizard
Synonym	Acanthodactylus pardalis var. spinicauda DOUMERGUE 1901: 162 Acanthodactylus spinicauda — SALVADOR 1982: 97 Acanthodactylus spinicauda — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 394 Acanthodactylus spinicauda— HARRIS & ARNOLD 2000 Acanthodactylus spinicauda — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Distribution	NW Algeria (Southern base of Sahara-Atlas) Type locality: El Abiod-Sidi-Cheikh, Arba Tahtani.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.5.34—43 (Arba Tahtani), MNHN-RA 8958 (El Abiod-Sidi-Cheikh).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Small species. Along with maculatus, body more slender than other species of pardalis group. Relatively long slender limbs with toes longer and more pectinate than in other species. Spiny sides of tail base. Pectinate eyelids. Distinct pectination of nasal scale. Anterior border of ear opening denticulate. Barely keeled, flat dorsals. Subocular not in contact with upper lip. Three series of scales on the fingers. Males with 24 presacral vertebrae, females with 26. Color pattern greatly diminished with near absence of dorsal stripes and bands. Conspicuous ocelli and reticulation on body sides (Salvador 1982: 99).
Comment	Abundance: this is one of the species called “lost” and “rediscovered” by Lindken et al. 2024.
References	Dellaoui, Boualem; Menad Beddek, Olivier Peyre, Philippe Geniez, Benjamin Allegrini, Fatiha Koudache, Pierre-André Crochet 2015. Rediscovery of Acanthodactylus spinicauda Doumergue, 1901 in Algeria. Herpetology Notes 8: 511-515 - get paper here Doumergue,F. 1901. Essai sur la faune erpétologique de l'Oranie avec des tableaux analytiques et des notations pour la détermination de tous les reptiles et batraciens du Maroc, de l'Algerie et de la Tunisie. L. Fouque, Oran, 404 pp. - get paper here Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here Rouag R, Ziane N, De Sousa M 2024. A tentative list of reptilian fauna of Algeria and their conservation status. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e120471 - get paper here Salvador, A 1982. A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae). Bonner Zool. Monogr. (16): 1-167 - get paper here Schleich, H.H., Kästle,W., Kabisch, K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 pp. Schlüter, U. 2009. Fransenfingereidechsen (Acanthodactylus) in der Natur und im Terrarium. Teil 4: Die Acanthodactylus-pardalis-Gruppe. Reptilia (Münster) 14 (76): 52-60 - get paper here Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here van der Kuyl, Antoinette C.; Donato L. Ph. Ballasina, John T. Dekker, Jolanda Maas, Ronald E. Willemsen and Jaap Goudsmit 2002. Phylogenetic Relationships among the Species of the Genus Testudo (Testudines: Testudinidae) Inferred from Mitochondrial 12S rRNA Gene Sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22: 174-183 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.lacerta.de/AS/Taxon.php?Genus=49&Species=264 Google images

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