Ophiomorus latastii
| Ophiomorus latastii | |
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| Specimen from Jordan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Ophiomorus |
| Species: | O. latastii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophiomorus latastii Boulenger, 1887 | |
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Ophiomorus latastii is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, latastii, is in honor of French herpetologist Fernand Lataste.[2]
Geographic range
O. latastii is found in Israel; Jordan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Syria; and possibly Lebanon.[1]
Habitat
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.[1]
Conservation status
It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Disi, M., A.M., Werner, Y., Crochet, P-A., Hraoui-Bloquet, S. & Sadek, R. 2005. Ophiomorus latastii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- ↑ 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. (Ophiomorus latastii, p. 151).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... ,Scincidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Ophiomorus latastii, p. 398 + Plate XXXIII, Figures 2, 2a).
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