Latastia
Latastia | |
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Latastia longicaudata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
Genus: | Latastia Bedriaga, 1884[1] |
Species | |
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Latastia is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae.[2] Species of this genus are distributed in Africa (Egypt, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Zambia, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania) but one subspecies (Latastia longicaudata andersonii) lives in Yemen.[3] Collectively, they are known as long-tailed lizards.
Etymology
Jacques von Bedriaga named this genus in honor of French herpetologist Fernand Lataste.[4]
Diagnosis
Species of Latastia are medium to large-sized lacertids with long cylindrical tails. The unregenerated tail is up to 3.2 times longer than head and body. Eyes with movable lids. The
Habitat and natural history
Most long-tailed lizards of the genus Latastia inhabit well vegetated sandy or gravelly plains and large
Species
The genus is composed of 10 recognized species.[3] Subspecies are described for Latastia boscai,[12] L. doriai,[13] and L. longicaudata.[14]
- Latastia boscai Bedriaga, 1884 - Eritrea long-tailed lizard, Bosca's long-tailed lizard
- Latastia caeruleopunctata Parker, 1935 - Parker's long-tailed lizard
- Latastia cherchii Arillo, Balletto & Spanò, 1967
- Latastia doriai Bedriaga, 1884 - Doria's long-tailed lizard
- Latastia johnstoni Boulenger, 1907 - Johnston's long-tailed lizard, Nyasaland long-tailed lizard
- Latastia longicaudata (Reuss, 1834) - southern long-tailed lizard, common long-tailed lizard
- Latastia ornata Monard, 1940
- Latastia petersiana Mertens, 1938 - Peters's long-tailed lizard
- Latastia siebenrocki (Tornier, 1905) - Siebenrock's long-tailed lizard
- Latastia taylori Parker, 1942 - Taylor's long-tailed lizard
Latastia petersiana Mertens, 1938 is the new name for Latastia carinata (W. Peters, 1874).[3]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Latastia.
References
- ^ Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
- ^ Wikispecies. species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Latastia.
- ^ a b c The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Bedriaga 1884.
- ^ a b Boulenger 1921
- ^ Baha El Din 2006
- ^ a b Spawls et al. 2002
- ^ Dunger 1967
- ^ a b Loveridge 1936
- ^ Parker 1942
- ^ a b Cissé, M. & Karns, D.R. 1978
- ^ "Latastia boscai BEDRIAGA, 1884".
- ^ "Latastia doriai BEDRIAGA, 1884".
- ^ "Latastia longicaudata (REUSS, 1834)".
Further reading
- Anderson J (1898). "Zoology of Egypt. Volume First. Reptilia and Batrachia". London: Bernard Quaritch. 572 pp.
- Arillo A, Balletto E, Spanò S (1967). "Il genere Latastia Bedriaga in Somalia ". Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell’Università di Genova 35 (229): 105-145. (L. cherchii, new species). (in Italian).
- Baha El Din S (2006). A Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Egypt. Cairo and New York: The American University in Cairo Press.
- Bedriaga J (1884). "Die neue Lacertiden-Gattung Latastia und ihre Arten (L. Doriai n. sp., var. Martensi m., Samharica Blanf. und Boscai n. sp.)". Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Giacomo Doria 20: 307-324. (Latastia, new genus). (in German).
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 19: 392-394. (L. johnstoni, new species).
- Boulenger GA (1921). Monograph of the Lacertidae. Vol. II. London: British Museum (Natural History), Department of Zoology. 451 pp.
- Cissé M, Karns DR (1978). "Les Sauriens du Sénégal ". Bull. de l’I.F.A.N., ser. A., 40 (1): 144-211. (in French).
- Dunger GT (1967). "The Lizards and Snakes of Nigeria. Part 2: The Lacertids of Nigeria". The Nigerian Field 32 (3): 117-131.
- Loveridge A (1936). "Scientific Results of an Expedition to Rain Forest Regions in Eastern Africa, V. Reptiles". Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 79 (5): 209-337.
- Mertens R (1938). "Über eine herpetologische Sammlung aus dem Gebiete des Njarasa-Grabens Ost-Afrikas ". Veröffentlichungen aus dem Deutschen Kolonial- und Übersee-Museum in Bremen 2 (1): 1-9 [no page numbers] (L. petersiana, nomen novum for L. carinata). (in German).
- Monard A (1940). "Résultats de la mission du Dr. Monard en Guinée Portugaise 1937 – 1938 ". Arquivos do Museu Bocage, Lisbon 11: 147-182. (L. ornata, new species). (in French).
- Parker HW (1935). "Two new lizards from Somaliland ". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Tenth Series 16: 525-529. (L. caeruleopunctata, new species).
- Parker HW (1942). "The Lizards of British Somaliland". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 91 (1): 1-101. (L. taylori, new species).
- Peters WCH (1874). "Über einige neue Reptilien ( Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus)". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874: 368-377. (L. carinata, new species). (in German).
- Reuss A (1834). "Zoologische Miscellen, Reptilien. Saurier. Batrachier ". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte. Museum Senckenbergianum, Frankfurt am Main 1 (6): 27-62. (L. longicaudata, new species). (in German).
- Spawls S, Howell KM, Drewes RC, Ashe J (2002). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. San Diego, San Francisco, New York, Boston, London: Academic Press, Elsevier Science.
- Tornier G (1905). "Schildkröten und Eidechsen aus Nordost-Afrika und Arabien. Aus Carlo v. Erlanger`s und Oscar Neumann`s Forschungsreise ". Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, Jena 22: 365-388. (L. siebenrocki, new species). (in German).
- Vaillant L (1882). "Mission G. Révoil aux pays Çomalis. Reptiles et Batraciens ". In: Révoil G (1882). Faune et flore des pays Çomalis (Afrique orientale). Paris. 1-25. (in French).
External links
- For photos of many species and subspecies see "Bildarchiv" under species at: http://www.lacerta.de/AS/Taxon.php?Genus=39