Southwest Niger and Nigeria 

Subspecies:

Acanthodactylus boskianus nigeriensis  TRAPÉ, CHIRIO & GENIEZ 2012

Types:

MNHN 2011.0273; Paratypes: IRD TR.3653, MNHN 2011.0274, MNHN 2011.0275

Terra Typica:

Birnin-Gaouré; Niger (13° 05’ N, 02° 55’ E).


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Trape, J.-F. & Chirio, L. & Geniez, P. (2012) -  Acanthodactylus boskianus nigeriensis J.-F. Trape, L. Chirio et P. Geniez, ssp. nov. -  In: Trapé, J.-F. & Trapé, S. & Chirio, L. - Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d`Afrique occidentale et du Sahara: 50-52.  

  • 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.    

 
 
 
 
 

Acanthodactylus boskianus nigeriensis  © 2012 Jean-François Trape