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ID Request Acanthodactylus? (1 Viewer)

Th. Stegmann

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Germany
Hi!

Please, can anyone help me identify this lizard from the edge of the Sahara/Tunisia??

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Thank you!
I'm not a lizard-expert myself. I've searched the internet to find pictures about Acanthodactyus. According to www.lacerta.de there are 38 species in the world and only 4 in Tunesia.
A. blanci
A. boskianus
A. maculatus
A. scutellatus

Pictures of three of them are here:

http://www.lacerta.de/englische-Version/Bildarchiv/Bildarchiv-englisch.htm

By comparing the photos my guess now is: A. scutellatus
But I'm still puzzled!? Maybe the pictures show two different species?

Can anybody help?
 
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