Latastia
| Latastia | |
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| Latastia longicaudata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
| Genus: | Latastia Bedriaga, 1884[1] |
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Latastia is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae.[2] The genus Latastia is endemic to Africa.[3]
Etymology
Jacques von Bedriaga named this genus in honor of French herpetologist Fernand Lataste.[4]
Species
The following 10 species are recognized.[3]
- Latastia boscai Bedriaga, 1884
- Latastia caeruleopunctata (Parker, 1935)
- Latastia carinata (W. Peters, 1874)
- Latastia cherchii Arillo, Balletto & Spanò, 1967
- Latastia doriai Bedriaga, 1884
- Latastia johnstonii Boulenger, 1907
- Latastia longicaudata (Reuss, 1834)
- Latastia ornata Monard, 1940
- Latastia siebenrocki (Tornier, 1905)
- Latastia taylori Parker, 1942
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Latastia.
References
Further reading
- Bedriaga Jv. 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).