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Acanthodactylus maculatus (GRAY, 1838)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Spotted Fringe-fingered Lizard 
SynonymScapteira maculata GRAY 1838
Zootoca deserti GÜNTHER 1859
Acanthodactylus deserti — BOULENGER 1881: 741
Acanthodactylus pardalis var. intermedius DOUMERGUE 1901: 163
Acanthodactylus pardalis latastei BOULENGER 1918
Acanthodactylus maculatus — SALVADOR 1982: 92
Acanthodactylus maculatus — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 392
Acanthodactylus mechriguensis NOUIRA & BLANC 1998 (fide FONSECA et al. 2008)
Acanthodactylus maculatus — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Acanthodactylus mechriguensis — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 
DistributionNE Morocco, N Algeria, Tunisia, NW Libya

mechriguensis (invalid): Tunisia

Type locality: “Tripoli”

deserti (invalid): Type locality: “Ngoussa Oasis”

intermedius (invalid): Type locality: "Depuis la limite Nord des Haut-Plateaux jusque dans le Sahara".

latastei (invalid): Type locality: "Sud de la Tunisie, Algérie (Sahara et Hauts Plateaux)".  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.9.3.53
Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.3.52 [deserti]
Holotype: not located fide Salvador 1982 [intermedius]
Holotype: not located fide Salvador 1982 [latastei] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Small, slender body. Relatively long and pointed snout. One row of granules between the supraoculars and the superciliaries. Subocular not in contact with the lip. Three rows ofscales on the fingers. Small granular temporal scales. Small tympanic scale present. Ear opening lightly pectinate anteriorly. Somewhat keeled dorsals. Ventrals arranged in 12 straight longitudinal series. Fourth toe moderately pectinate. Medium-sized, keeled scales on the upper surface of the tail. Males with 24 presacral vertebrae, females with 25. Considerably diminished color pattern usually with traces of the two dark dorsal bands and the lines of ocelli (Salvador 1982: 93). 
Comment 
References
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