Bell's Dabb Lizard

Appearance

Uromastyx acanthinura is a medium–sized lizard.

Naming

COMMON NAMES: Bell's Dabb Lizard, Black Spiny-tailed Lizard, Dabb's Mastigure (English); Dob,
Fouette-queue Epineux (French); Lagarto de Cola Espinosa Común (Spanish).

Distribution

It occurs in desert habitats of north-western Africa, with records from the northern part of western
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Tunisia, the northern half of Algeria, Morocco and the northern part of
Western Sahara.

Status

Accepted for inclusion in the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as Near Threatened.