| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Bedriaga's Fringe-fingered Lizard |
| Synonym | Acanthodactylus bedriagai LATASTE 1881
Acanthodactylus bedriagae — BOULENGER 1881: 746
Acanthodactylus pardalis variete bedriagai — DOUMERGUE 1901
Acanthodactylus bedriagai — SALVADOR 1982
Acanthodactylus bedriagai — SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & KABISCH 1996: 390
Acanthodactylus bedriagai— HARRIS & ARNOLD 2000
Acanthodactylus bedriagae — HARRIS et al. 2004 |
| Distribution | N Algeria (Tablelands), Tunisia
Type locality: Plateau de Sersou, Cyrenaique, Biskra, Hauts Plateaux, Tell (El Guerah, Setif, Constantine, Batna, Oued Sedeur, Oued Dermel, Sahara (Biskra, Bou Saada, Laghouat, Tilremt, Bou-Guelfaia, Le Mzab, Ouargla). Restricted by SALVADOR 1982 to “El Guernah, Hauts Plateaux”.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.9.4.21 (Sersou), BM 1946.9.3.50 (Batna), BM 1946.9.3.51, 1920.1.20.1324 (El Guerah), NMW |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Large, robust body. Relatively short snout. One row of granules between the supraoculars and the superciliaries. Subocular separated from the lip by a small scale. Blunt temporals. Flat, unkeeled dorsals. Slight pectination of the fourth toe. Smooth, imbricate scales on the upperside of the tail. Small ventrals arranged in 14 longitudinal series. Three series of scales on fingers. Both male and female having 26 presacral vertebrae. Four lines of ocelli along the back with only slightly reticulate traces of pattern between them. Blue coloration (Salvador 1982: 85). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Jacques von Bedriaga (1854-1906), Russian-born herpetologist. |
| References |
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- Boulenger, George A. 1881. On the lizards of the genera Lacerta and Acanthodactylus. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1881: 739-747 - get paper here
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