What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Nidua Fringe-fingered Lizard been recorded?

Acanthodactylus scutellatus occurrence evidence comes from 199 records in 10 countries and territories, from 1904 to 2023. Most records come from Egypt.

SquamataLacertidaeAcanthodactylus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

199 records across 10 countries and territories, 1904–2023.

Acanthodactylus scutellatus · GBIF taxon key 9034555

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: March.

9 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: March. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19042023

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Nidua Fringe-fingered Lizard has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Nidua Fringe-fingered Lizard. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Egypt 97
Israel 62
Mauritania 19
Tunisia 10
Libya 3
Niger 3
Mali 2
Côte d'Ivoire 1
Algeria 1
Morocco 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.