Latastia doriai
Latastia doriai, also known commonly as Doria's long-tailed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa. There are three recognized subspecies.
| Latastia doriai | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Latastia |
| Species: | L. doriai |
| Binomial name | |
| Latastia doriai Bedriaga, 1884 | |
Subspecies
Including the nominotypical subspecies, three subspecies are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Latastia doriai doriai Bedriaga, 1884
- Latastia doriai martensi Bedriaga, 1884
- Latastia doriai scortecci Arillo, Balletto & Spanò, 1967
Etymology
The specific name, doriai, is in honor of Italian zoologist Giacomo Doria.[2]
The subspecific name, martensi, is in honor of German zoologist Eduard von Martens.[1]
The subspecific name, scorteccii, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Giuseppe Scortecci.[2]
References
- Latastia doriai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 May 2019.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Latastia doriai, p. 75; L. d. scorteccii, p. 240).
Further reading
- 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: 105–145. (Latastia doriai scorteccii, new subspecies, p. 140). (in Italian).
- Bedriaga J (1884). "Die neue Lacertiden-Gattung Latastia und ihre Arten ". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 20 307–324. (Latastia doriai, new species, pp. 313–316; L. d. var. martensi, new variety, pp. 316–319). (in German).
- Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465.
- Largen M, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 687 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Latastia doriai, p. 354).
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