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Latastia siebenrocki

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Species of lizard

Latastia siebenrocki
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Latastia
Species: L. siebenrocki
Binomial name
Latastia siebenrocki
(Tornier, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Eremias siebenrocki
    Tornier, 1905
  • Latastia siebenrocki
    Bauer & R. Günther, 1995

Latastia siebenrocki, also known commonly as Siebenrock's longtail lizard or Siebenrock's long-tailed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Guinea.

Etymology

The specific name, siebenrocki, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Friedrich Siebenrock.

Geographic range

L. siebenrocki is found in Conakry, Guinea.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. siebenrocki is unknown.

Reproduction

L. siebenrocki is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Trape, J. (2013). "Latastia siebenrocki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13151975A13151984. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13151975A13151984.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Latastia siebenrocki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 May 2019.
  3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Latastia siebenrocki, p. 243).

Further reading

  • Bauer AM, Günther R (1995). "An Annotated Type Catalogue of the Lacertids (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin". Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin) 71 (1): 37–62. (Latastia siebenrocki, new combination).
  • Tornier G (1905). "Schildkröten und Eidechsen aus Nordost-Afrika und Arabien. Aus Carlo v. Erlanger's und Oscar Neumann's Forschungsreise". Zoologisches Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 22: 365–388. (Eremias siebenrocki, new species, pp. 386–388). (in German).


Taxon identifiers
Latastia siebenrocki


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