Latastia siebenrocki

Latastia siebenrocki, also known commonly as Siebenrock's longtail lizard or Siebenrock's long-tailed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Guinea.

Latastia siebenrocki
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Latastia
Species:	L. siebenrocki
Binomial name
Latastia siebenrocki (Tornier, 1905)
Synonyms[2]
Eremias siebenrocki Tornier, 1905 Latastia siebenrocki — Bauer & R. Günther, 1995

Etymology

The specific name, siebenrocki, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Friedrich Siebenrock.^[3]

Geographic range

L. siebenrocki is found in Conakry, Guinea.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. siebenrocki is unknown.^[1]

Reproduction

L. siebenrocki is oviparous.^[2]

References

1. Trape, J. (2013). "Latastia siebenrocki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T13151975A13151984. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T13151975A13151984.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Latastia siebenrocki at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 May 2019.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Latastia siebenrocki, p. 243).

Further reading

• Bauer AM, Günther R (1995). "An Annotated Type Catalogue of the Lacertids (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin". Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Zoologisches Museum und Institut für Spezielle Zoologie (Berlin) 71 (1): 37–62. (Latastia siebenrocki, new combination).
• Tornier G (1905). "Schildkröten und Eidechsen aus Nordost-Afrika und Arabien. Aus Carlo v. Erlanger's und Oscar Neumann's Forschungsreise". Zoologisches Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 22: 365–388. (Eremias siebenrocki, new species, pp. 386–388). (in German).