Acanthodactylus tilburyi, known commonly as Tilbury's fringe-fingered lizard, Tilbury's fringe-toed lizard, and Tilbury's spiny-footed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Middle East.

Etymology

The specific name, tilburyi, is in honor of South African herpetologist Colin R. Tilbury.

Acanthodactylus tilburyi

Geographic range

A. tilburyi is found in Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Acanthodactylus tilburyi

Habitat

The preferred habitat of A. tilburyi is desert.

Acanthodactylus tilburyi

Reproduction

A. tilburyi is oviparous.

References

Further reading

Arnold EN (1986). "A New Spiny-Footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus: Lacertidae) from Saudi Arabia". Fauna of Saudi Arabia 8: 378–384. (Acanthodactylus tilburyi, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Arabic). Disi, Ahmad M.; Modrý, David; Nečas, Petr; Rifai, Lina (2001). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira. 408 pp. . Leviton, Alan E.; Anderson, Steven C.; Adler, Kraig; Minton, Sherman A. (1992). Handbook to Middle East Amphibians and Reptiles. (Contributions to Herpetology No. 8). Oxford, Ohio: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). 252 pp. . Sindaco, Roberto; Jeremčenko, Valery K. (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic: 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. .

Acanthodactylus

Lizards of Asia

Reptiles of the Arabian Peninsula

Reptiles of Jordan

Reptiles described in 1986

Taxa named by Edwin Nicholas Arnold