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Species of lizard

Latastia longicaudata
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Latastia
Species: L. longicaudata
Binomial name
Latastia longicaudata
(Reuss, 1834)

Latastia longicaudata, also known commonly as the common long-tailed lizard and the southern long-tailed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to northern sub-Saharan Africa. There are four recognized subspecies.

Geographic range

L. longicaudata is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Yemen.

Subspecies

The following four subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Latastia.

Etymology

The subspecific names, lanzai and revoili, are in honor of Italian herpetologist Benedetto Lanza and French naturalist Georges Révoil, respectively.

Reproduction

L. longicaudata is oviparous.

References

  1. Howell K, Msuya CA, Ngalason W, Niagate B, Wagner P, Wilms T, Al Jumaily MM, Sindaco R, Baha El Din S (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T197494A2490375.en. Accessed on 30 November 2024.
  2. ^ Latastia longicaudata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 May 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Latastia lanzai, p. 151).
  4. Vaillant L (1882). "Reptiles et Batraciens ". 25 pp. + Plates I–III. (Eremias revoili, new species, pp. 20–23 + Plate III, figures 2, 2a, 2b). (in French and Latin). In: Révoil G (1882). Faune et Flore des Pays Çomalis (Afrique Oriental)". Paris: Challamel Ainé. 528 pp.

Further reading

  • Arillo A, Balletto E, Spanó S (1967). "Il genere Latastia Bedriaga in Somalia". Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Università di Genova 35: 105–145. (Latastia longicaudata lanzai, new subspecies). (in Italian).
  • Boulenger GA (1921). Monograph of the Lacertidæ. Volume II. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Adler and Son and West Newman, printers). viii + 451 pp. (Latastia longicaudata Var. andersonii, new variety, p. 30).
  • Reuss A (1834). "Zoologische Miscellen. Reptilien, Saurier, Batrachier ". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte, Museum Senckenbergianum, Frankfurt am Main 1 (6): 27–62. (Lacerta longicaudata, new species, p. 29). (in German).
  • Spawls S, Howell K, Hinkel H, Menegon M (2018). A Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Wildlife. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1-399-40481-5. (Latastia longicaudata, pp. 196–197).


Taxon identifiers
Latastia longicaudata


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