Acanthodactylus orientalis ANGEL, 1936
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Acanthodactylus orientalis
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Acanthodactylus tristrami orientalis ANGEL 1936: 109 Acanthodactylus tristrami iracensis SCHMIDT 1939 Acanthodactylus tristrami orientalis — SCHMIDT 1939 Acanthodactylus tristrami tristrami — HAAS & WERNER 1969 Acanthodactylus tristrami tristrami — SALVADOR 1982: 104 Acanthodactylus tristrami iracensis — SALVADOR 1982: 106 Acanthodactylus orientalis — ARNOLD 1986 Acanthodactylus orientalis— HARRIS & ARNOLD 2000 Acanthodactylus orientalis — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 Acanthodactylus orientalis — MOHAMMED et al. 2017 |
| Distribution | E Syria, W/C Iraq, N Saudi Arabia Type locality: Palmyre, Tell Abiad, Ain Zahra, Deir Ez Zor iracensis: Iraq; Type locality: Haditha, Iraq. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: MNHN-RA 1935.231-5 (Palmyre), 1935.236 (Tell Abiad), 1935.237 (Ain Zahra), 1935.238 (Deir Ez Zor) |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Habitus robust; 2 supraoculars; one row of granules between supraoculars and superciliaries; eyelids without pectination; large ear opening without anterior pectination; temporals granular and without keels; subocular in contact with upper lip; 4 supralabials anterior to subocular; dorsals flat, without keels, 42-50 across middle of back; ventrals in 10 straight longitudinal rows; 3 series of scales around fingers; toes pectinate; scales on upper side of tail flat, medium-sized, smooth and imbricate. (Salvador, 1982:101, 106 for A. t. iracensis.) (Leviton et la. 1992). |
| Comment | Synonymy: listed as synonym of Acanthodactylus tristrami tristrami by SALVADOR 1982. Distribution: listed as questionable/possible for Jordan by DISI et al. 2001. Salvador diagnoses tristrami from the then subspecies irancensis as follows: Diagnosis (tristrami): Relatively large subspecies with snout—vent length ranging from 60 to 90mm. Wide head and short snout. Small dorsal scales numbering from 52 to 64 across the middle of the body. Toes unpectinate (Salvador 1982: 104). Diagnosis (iracensis): Small subspecies with snout—vent length ranging from 50 to 57mm. Relatively large dorsals numbering 42 to 50 across the middle of the body. Pectination of the toes more developed than in A. t. tristrami. Color pattern. There are white spots around the ear opening, on the cheeks, and under the eye. There is both a supraciliary and a subocular row of white spots circled in black which extend into the tail (Salvador 1982: 106). |
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