Latastia siebenrocki

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.

Latastia siebenrocki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Latastia
Species:
L. siebenrocki
Binomial name
Latastia siebenrocki
(Tornier, 1905)
Synonyms[2]
  • Eremias siebenrocki
    Tornier, 1905
  • Latastia siebenrocki
    — Bauer & R. Günther, 1995

Etymology

The specific name, siebenrocki, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Friedrich Siebenrock.[3]

Geographic range

L. siebenrocki is found in Conakry, Guinea.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. siebenrocki is unknown.[1]

Reproduction

L. siebenrocki is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Trape J (2013). "Latastia siebenrocki ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T13151975A13151984. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13151975A13151984.en. Downloaded on 04 May 2019.
  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).



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