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Acanthodactylus blanfordii BOULENGER, 1919

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Blanford's Fringe-fingered Lizard 
SynonymAcanthodactylus cantoris var. blanfordii BOULENGER 1919: 154
Acanthodactylus cantoris blanfordii — SMITH 1935: 372
Acanthodactylus cantoris blanfordii — HAAS & WERNER 1969
Acanthodactylus blanfordii — SALVADOR 1982
Acanthodactylus blanfordii — DAS 1996: 48f
Acanthodactylus blanfordii — HARRIS & ARNOLD 2000
Acanthodactylus blanfordii — ŠMÍD et al. 2014 
DistributionSE Iran, S Afghanistan, SW Pakistan and N Oman (Muscat region), United Arab Emirates (UAE), India

Type locality: “Perse et Béloutchistan”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.9.3.54-5 (Dash) etc. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Four supraoculars. One row of granules between the supraoculars and the superciliaries. Five supralabials anterior to the subocular. Subocular separated from the lip. Temporals sharply keeled. Ear opening with only scant anterior pectination. Dorsals small and intensely imbricate. 12 or 14 oblique longitudinal rows of ventrals. Fingers with four series ofscales. Toes strongly pectinate. Scales on the upperside of the tail large and sharply keeled (Salvador 1982: 151). 
CommentDistribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran, and map in Burriel-Carranza et al. 2019 for map in UAE.

The publication date is 1919, not 1918, fide Frétey 2023. 
EtymologyNamed after William Thomas Blanford (1832-1905), member of the Geological Survey of India. 
References
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1919. Sur les lézards du genre Acanthodactylus Wieg. Bull. Soc. zool. France 43: 143-155 [1918] - get paper here
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