Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard

Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard

Taxobox | name = Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Sauria
familia = Lacertidae
genus = "Acanthodactylus"
species = "A. cantoris"
binomial = "Acanthodactylus cantoris"
binomial_authority = Günther, 1864

Indian Fringe-fingered Lizard "Acanthodactylus cantoris" is a species of lizard.

Description

Snout acutely pointed. Four supraoculars; subocular not reaching the lip; temporal scales keeled; front edge of the ear usually rather feebly, but distinctly, denticulated. Dorsal scales strongly keeled, very much larger on the hinder part of the back than between the shoulders and on the flanks, rhomboidal, strongly imbricate; 10 to 16 largo keeled scales on a transverse line between the hind limbs. Ventral plates usually broader than long, in straight longitudinal and slightly angular transverse series; 12 or 14 plates across the middle of the body. Usually a median series of broad pre-anals, the posterior largest. The hind limb reaches the ear or the eye. 17 to 23 femoral pores on each side. Digital denticulations strong, usually as long as the diameter of the corresponding part of the toe, much more developed on the outer than on the inner edge of the fourth toe. Upper caudal scales strongly keeled; basal subcaudals smooth or obtusely keeled. Greyish or buff above, with or without small blackish spots ; young with whitish longitudinal lines separated by blackish interspaces with series of round whitish spots, which markings gradually become more indistinct; tail pink in the young. [Boulenger, G. A. 1890. Fauna of British India. Reptilia and Batrachia.]

From snout to vent 2.75 inches; tail 6.

Distribution

E Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Kashmir, JordanType locality: "Ramnagar"

References

* Günther, A. 1864 The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp.

External links

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