Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii, also known commonly as the Jordanian fringe-fingered lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.
Geographic range A. ahmaddisii is endemic to Jordan. www.reptile-database.org.
Etymology The specific name, ahmaddisii, is in honor of Jordanian biologist Ahmad M. Disi.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Acanthodactylus ahmaddisii, p. 3).
Habitat The natural habitats of A. ahmaddisii are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Conservation status The Jordanian fringe-fingered lizard is threatened by habitat loss.
Taxonomy A. ahmaddisii was first described in 2004 by Israeli herpetologist Yehudah L. Werner.Werner YL (2004). "A new species of the Acanthodactylus pardalis group (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from Jordan". Zoology in the Middle East 32: 39-45.
References
Further reading Schlüter U (2009). "Fransenfingereidechsen (Acanthodactylus) in der Natur und im Terrarium. Teil 4. Die Acanthodactylus-pardalis-Gruppe". Reptilia, Münster 14 (76): 52–60. (in German). Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (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. .