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Latastia
Sign in to saveLatastia is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae. 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. Collectively, they are known as long-tailed lizards.
Species
Common Long-tailed Lizard
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyLacertidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 37
- Family
- Lacertidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MVZ, CAS, USNM, NHMUK, ANSP
- Recorded in
- Zambia, Tanzania, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lacertinae
- Image
- Latastia longicaudata (Wroclaw zoo)-1.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
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Latastia is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae. 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. Collectively, they are known as long-tailed lizards.
==Etymology== Jacques von Bedriaga named this genus in honor of French herpetologist Fernand Lataste.
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