Acanthodactylus

Translingual

Acanthodactylus erythrurus

Etymology

Surface analysis acantho- (“thorn, thorny, thorned”) +‎ -dactylus m (“finger, digit”). Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄκᾰνθος (ákanthos, “acanthus; thorny bush”) +‎ δᾰ́κτῠλος (dáktulos, “finger”).

Proper noun

Acanthodactylus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lacertidae – fringe-fingered lizards.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Acanthodactylus boskianus (Bosk's fringe-fingered lizard) - type species; Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii, Acanthodactylus arabicus, Acanthodactylus aureus, Acanthodactylus bedriagai, Acanthodactylus beershebensis, Acanthodactylus blanci, Acanthodactylus blanfordii, Acanthodactylus boueti, Acanthodactylus busacki, Acanthodactylus cantoris, Acanthodactylus dumerilii, Acanthodactylus erythrurus, Acanthodactylus felicis, Acanthodactylus gongrorhynchatus, Acanthodactylus grandis, Acanthodactylus guineensis, Acanthodactylus haasi, Acanthodactylus lineomaculatus, Acanthodactylus longipes, Acanthodactylus maculatus, Acanthodactylus masirae, Acanthodactylus micropholis, Acanthodactylus nilsoni, Acanthodactylus opheodurus, Acanthodactylus orientalis, Acanthodactylus pardalis, Acanthodactylus robustus, Acanthodactylus savignyi, Acanthodactylus schmidti, Acanthodactylus schreiberi, Acanthodactylus scutellatus, Acanthodactylus senegalensis, Acanthodactylus spinicauda, Acanthodactylus taghitensis, Acanthodactylus tilburyi, Acanthodactylus tristrami, Acanthodactylus yemenicus - other species

Further reading

• Acanthodactylus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Acanthodactylus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Acanthodactylus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons