Fitzinger's algyroides (Algyroides fitzingeri), also commonly called the pygmy algyroides and the pygmy keeled lizard,[4] is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[1] The species is native to the islands of Corsica and Sardinia in the Mediterranean. There are no subspecies.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Algyroides |
Species: | A. fitzingeri
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Binomial name | |
Algyroides fitzingeri (Wiegmann, 1834)
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The specific name, fitzingeri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger.[4]
The natural habitats of A. fitzingeri are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens, at altitudes from sea level to 1,800 m (5,900 ft).[1]
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