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SPECIES Acanthodactylus scutellatus TAG NO. 7
CONTAINER NO. B22 SEX 07 AGE ad TOE CLIP# 1
WEIGHT(gms) SNOOT-VENT LENGTH(mm) 57
DATE Nov. 7, 1965 SPEEDOMETER
LOCALITY Wadi El Gofra, 56 Km. N.E. of Cairo (on Cairo - Ismailia Road)
COUNTY Egypt CALIFORNIA
STANDARD TIME 1430 CLOUDS(% overcast) 20
MOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY(%)
WIND DIRECTION 0 ALTITUDE(ft) 330
WIND VELOCITY(mi/hr) 0 ROAD TEMP. °C
AIR TEMP(1 m) °C AIR TEMP( 1 cm) °C
SOIL SURFACE TEMP °C CLOACAL TEMP °C
ROCK SURFACE TEMP °C SUBSTRATE TEMP °C
HABITAT sandy wash
CHASE 1 FEET
REMARKS: Beside Retama raetum This species is much easier to capture than Acanthodactylus boskianus. A. boskianus never stop moving, whereas these lizards tend to ignore the noose.
5.0 x 3.5mm - right testis (measured with calipers)
16 Testes turgid; seminiferous tubules visible thru tunica; vas deferens empty. Black peritoneum throughout.