Latastia boscai

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Latastia boscai
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertoidea
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Latastia
Species:
L. boscai
Binomial name
Latastia boscai
Bedriaga, 1884

Latastia boscai, also known commonly as the Eritrea longtail lizard or Bosca's long-tailed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to East Africa and the Horn of Africa. There are three recognized subspecies.

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Etymology

The specific name, boscai, is in honor of Spanish herpetologist Eduardo Boscá y Casanoves. [2] The subspecific name, burii, is in honor of British naturalist George Wyman Bury. [3]

Geographic range

L. boscai is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia. [1] [4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of L. boscai are desert, savanna, and forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,700 m (5,600 ft). [1]

Reproduction

L. boscai is oviparous. [4]

Subspecies

The following three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Spawls, S. (2021). "Latastia boscai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T21265797A21265811. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T21265797A21265811.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Latastia boscai, p. 32).
  3. Boulenger GA (1907). "Descriptions of Two new African Lizards of the Genus Latastia". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series19: 392–394. (Latastia burii, new species, pp. 393–394).
  4. 1 2 3 Latastia boscai at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 4 May 2019.

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