Latastia cherchii

Latastia cherchii is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Somalia.[2]

Latastia cherchii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Latastia
Species:
L. cherchii
Binomial name
Latastia cherchii

Etymology

The specific name, cherchii, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Maria Adelaide Cherchi.[3]

Geographic range

L. cherchii is found in central Somalia.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. cherchii is desert.[1]

Reproduction

L. cherchii is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Mazuch, T. (2021). "Latastia cherchii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178742A42390445. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T178742A42390445.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Latastia cherchii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 May 2019.
  3. 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 cherchii, p. 53).

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 cherchii, new species, p. 132). (in Italian).
  • Lanza B (1983). "A List of the Somali Amphibians and Reptiles". Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento 18 (1): 193–247. (Latastia cherchii, p. 215). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
  • Lanza B (1990). "Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography". Biogeographia 14: 407–465. (Latastia cherchii, p. 427).



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