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Acanthodactylus dumerilii (MILNE-EDWARDS, 1829)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Sauria (lizards) 
SubspeciesAcanthodactylus dumerilii dumerilii (MILNE-EDWARDS, 1829)
Acanthodactylus dumerilii exiguus LATASTE, 1885 
Common NamesDuméril's Fringe-fingered Lizard
G: Dumérils Fransenfinger 
SynonymLacerta dumerili MILNE-EDWARDS 1829
Scapteira inornata GRAY 1838: 281
Acanthodactylus scutellatus var. exiguus LATASTE 1885 (fide SALVADOR)
Acanthodactylus scutellatus variété exiguus — DOUMERGUE 1901
Acanthodactylus scutellatus var. inornatus — BOULENGER 1921: 104
Acanthodactylus dumerili — BONS & GIROT 1964
Acanthodactylus dumerili dumerili — SALVADOR 1982: 128 (part.)
Acanthodactylus dumerili exiguus — SALVADOR 1982: 130
Acanthodactylus scutellatus — ARNOLD 1983: 322 (part.)
Acanthodactylus dumerilii — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 400
Acanthodactylus scutellatus — HARRIS & ARNOLD 2000: 352 (part.)
Acanthodactylus dumerilii — CROCHET et al. 2003
Acanthodactylus dumerilii — TRAPÉ, CHIRIO & TRAPÉ 2012 
DistributionSW/E Morocco (West-Sahara), Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, N Algeria, Tunisia, NW Libya.

Type locality: “Sénégal” (certainly not present-day Senegal, but probably another north-western Africa country within the range of A. dumerili as understood here; see CROCHET et al. 2003). Map legend:
TDWG region - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.

NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
 
TypesLectotype: MNHN 2759
Lectotype: BMNH 1946.9.3.76. Type locality: ‘Tripoli’, Libya [Scapteira inornata].
Syntypes (not catalogued but probably: BMNH 1920.1.20.1349c and BMNH 1920.1.20.1349c2 (Bled Ahmar), BMNH 1920.1.20.1349 (Hadjira), BMNH 1920.1.20.1349d (Tilremt), BMNH 1920.1.20.1349e and MNHN 5838B (Laghouat), BMNH 1920.1.20.1349i (Mraïer), BMNH 1920.1.20.1349g (Biskra), BMNH 1920.1.20.3006 (Oued el Kreil). see Salvador, 1982: 130 [exiguus].
Lectotype: BMNH 1920.1.20.1349. Type locality: originally ‘en Algérie, à Biskra, Mraïer, Tougourt, Bled Ahmar, Hadjira, N’Gouça, Tilremt, Laghouat, Aïn-el-Hel et Bou-Sâada; en Tunisie, à l’oued el Kreil (entre le plateau de Haouaïa et Ghumraçen), Kébili (dans le Nefzaoua), Tozeur, et Nefta (dans le Djérid)’, restricted to Hadjira, Algeria, by CROCHET et al. (2003) [exiguus]. 
CommentSynonymy: Acanthodactylus dumerili, exiguus, audouini, and inornata were synonymized with A. scutellatus by ARNOLD (1983). Acanthodactylus senegalensis CHABANAUD 1918 has been removed from synonymy by CROCHET et al. (2003). One of the syntypes of A. s. exiguus, (Biskra), the specimen BMNH 1920.1.20.1349c2 (Bled Ahmar) is in fact an A. longipes (CROCHET et al. 2003).

Etymology: named after one of the Duméril brothers. Le Floch-Prigent (2008) published a short biography of André Marie Constant Duméril (1774-1860). 
References
  • Arnold E.N. 1983. Osteology, genitalia and the relationships of Acanthodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 44: 291–339
  • Bons,J. & GIROT,B. 1964. Révision de l'espèce Acanthodactylus scutellatus (Lacertidé-Saurien). Bull. Soc. Sci. nat. phys. Maroc 42: 311-334 [1962]
  • Boulenger,G.A. 1921. Monograph of the Lacertidae, vol. 2. British Museum (London), 451 pp. - get paper here
  • Crochet, P.A.; Geniez, P. & Ineich, I. 2003. A multivariate analysis of the fringe-toed lizards of the Acanthodactylus scutellatus group (Squamata: Lacertidae): systematic and biogeographical implications. Zool. J. Linnean Soc.137: 117–155
  • 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.
  • Geniez, P.; Mateo, J.A.; Geniez, M. & Pether, J. 2004. The amphibians and reptiles of the Western Sahara (former Spanish Sahara) and adjacent regions. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 228 pp. [reviewed in Reptilia GB 44: 81]
  • Gray, J. E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Part 1. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 1: 274-283 - get paper here
  • Harris,D.J. & Arnold,E.N. 2000. Elucidation of the relationships of spiny-footed lizards, Acanthodactylus ssp. (Reptilia: Lacertidae) using mitochondrial DNA sequence, with comments of their biogeography and evolution. Journal of Zoology 252: 351-362
  • Le Floch-Prigent, P. 2008. Constant Duméril (1774-1860) médicin anatomiste et naturaliste, à propos d’un portrait par G. Devers [biography]. Morphologie 92: 199-203.
  • Milne-edwards, M.H. 1829. Recherches zoologiques pour servir à l'histoire des lézards, extraites d'une monographie de ce genre. Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris 16: 50-89 - get paper here
  • Padial, J. M. 2006. COMMENTED DISTRIBUTIONAL LIST OF THE REPTILES OF MAURITANIA (WEST AFRICA). Graellsia, 62(2): 159-178
  • Salvador, A 1982. A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae). BONNER ZOOLOGISCHE MONOGRAPHIEN (No. 16) 1982: 1-167
  • Schleich,H.H., Kästle,W., Kabisch, K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 pp.
  • Schlüter, U. 2007. Fransenfingereidechsen (Acanthodactylus) in der Natur und im Terrarium. Teil 1: Allgemeines zur Ökologie und Verhalten. Reptilia (Münster) 12 (66): 68-76 - get paper here
  • Schlüter, U. 2010. Fransenfingereidechsen (Acanthodactylus) in der Natur und im Terrarium. Teil 5b: Die Acanthodactylus-scutellatus-Gruppe. Reptilia (Münster) 15 (84): 62-66 - get paper here
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp.
  • Trapé, J.F.; Chirio, L. & Trapé, S. 2012. Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. IRD Orstom, 503 pp. - get paper here
 
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