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.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Latastia |
| Species: | L. longicaudata
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| Latastia longicaudata (Reuss, 1834)
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Geographic range
editL. longicaudata is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Yemen.[2]
Subspecies
editThe following four subspecies, including the nominotypical subspecies, are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Latastia longicaudata andersoni Boulenger, 1921
- Latastia longicaudata lanzai Arillo, Balletto & Spanó, 1967
- Latastia longicaudata longicaudata (Reuss, 1834)
- Latastia longicaudata revoili (Vaillant, 1882)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Latastia.
Etymology
editThe subspecific names, lanzai and revoili, are in honor of Italian herpetologist Benedetto Lanza[3] and French naturalist Georges Révoil,[4] respectively.
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Latastia longicaudata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 May 2019.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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
edit- 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).
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