Doumergue's fringe-fingered lizard

Doumergue's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus spinicauda), also known commonly as Doumergue's fringe-toed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.^[1][2]

Domergue's fringe-fingered lizard
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Acanthodactylus
Species:	A. spinicauda
Binomial name
Acanthodactylus spinicauda Doumergue, 1901
Synonyms[2]
Acanthodactylus pardalis var. spinicauda Doumergue, 1901 Acanthodactylus spinicauda — Salvador, 1982

Geographic range

A. spinicauda is found in Algeria.^[1][2]

Habitat

The natural habitats of A. spinicauda are open stony and flat sandy places.^[1]

Reproduction

A. spinicauda is oviparous, and the average clutch size is 8 eggs.^[1]

Conservation status

The species A. spinicauda is considered "Critically Endangered" because of small geographic range, fragmented distribution within that range, and habitat loss. The species was collected for the first time in 1901. After more than a century no individuals were ever discovered again until recently in 2015, a discovery was made by an Algerian zoological team (D. Boualem, 2016).^[1]