Northern Senegal, Niger, Mauretania, Western Sahara, Mali and southern Algeria. 

Species:

Acanthodactylus senegalensis  CHABANAUD, 1918

Common names:

Senegal Fransenfingereidechse (German)
Senegal Fringe-fingered Lizard (English)

Types:

Holotype: MNHN-RA 1918.0043

Terra Typica:

Sangaleam (? = Sangalkam) east of Dakar.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Chabanaud, P (1918) -  Étude d’une collection de reptiles de l’Afrique Occidentale Française, récemment donnée au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris par le Dr G. Bouet, avec la description de deux espèces nouvelles. -  Bulletin du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, 24: 160-166.  

  • Crochet, P.-A. & Geniez, P. & Ineich, I. (2003) -  A multivariate analysis of the fringe-toed lizards of the Acanthodactylus scutellatus group (Squamata: Lacertidae) systematics and biogeographical implications. -  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 137 (1): 117-155.    

  • Tamar, K. & Carranza, S. & Sindaco, R. & Moravec, J. & Trape, J.-F. & Meiri, S. (2016) -  Out of Africa: Phylogeny and biogeography of the widespread genus Acanthodactylus (Reptilia: Lacertidae).  -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 103: 6-18.    

  • Vicente Liz, A. & Rödder, D. & Vasconcelos Goncalves, D. & Velo-Antón, G. & Tarroso, P. & Geniez, P. & Crochet, P.-A. & Carvalho, S.B. & Brito, J.C. (2022) -  Overlooked species diversity in the hyper-arid Sahara Desert unveiled by dryland-adapted lizards. -  Journal of Biogeography. 2022; 00: 1-15.