Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
August 22nd, 2022.
 
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Genus
Latastia
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African Long-tailed Lizards, (Scrub Lizards)
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Langschwanz-Eidechsen
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Afrikanske Langhalefirben
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Latastia Bedriaga (type species: Lacerta samharica Blanford 1870) |
Contents:
12 species, of which 5 (41.7%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
Africa.
Reported from:
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Congo-Kinshasa,
Djibouti,
Egypt,
Eritrea
(incl.
Dahlak Archipelago),
Ethiopia,
Gambia,
Guinea-Bissau,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Mozambique,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Somalia,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Yemen,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Latastia boscai
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Eritrean Long-tailed Lizard, (Bosca's Long-tailed Lizard)
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Eritreische Langschwanz-Eidechse
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Eritreisk Langhalefirben
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1884 | |
Latastia boscai Bedriaga |
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1907 | |
Latastia burii Boulenger (Lanza 1990) |
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Latastia boscai burii Parker 1942 |
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1913 | |
Latastia wachei (syn. Largen & Spawls 2006) |
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1942 | |
Latastia boscai arenicola Parker |
Distribution:
Djibouti,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Somalia.
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Latastia caeruleopunctata
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Blue-spotted Long-tailed Lizard, (Parker's Long-tailed Lizard)
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Blaugefleckte Langschwanz-Eidechse
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Blåplettet Langhalefirben
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Latastia caeruleopunctata Parker |
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Latastia longicaudata caeruleopunctata Parker 1942 |
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Latastia carinata caeruleopunctata Bischoff 1991 |
Remarks:
Regarded as a separate species by Lanza (1990) and Largen & Spawls (2006).
Distribution:
Ethiopia,
Kenya,
Somalia.
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Latastia cherchii
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Mudug Long-tailed Lizard, (Cherchi's Long-tailed Lizard)
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Mudug-Langschwanz-Eidechse
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Mudug-langhalefirben
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Latastia cherchi Arillo, Baletto & Spano |
Distribution:
Somalia.
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Latastia doriai
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Adal Long-tailed Lizard, (Doria's Long-tailed Lizard)
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Adal-Langschwanz-Eidechse
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Adal-langhalefirben
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1884 | |
Latastia doriai Bedriaga |
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Latastia longicaudata doriai Parker 1942 |
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1884 | |
Latastia doriai martensi Bedriaga |
Remarks:
Previously included scorteccii.
Distribution:
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Somalia.
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Latastia johnstonii
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Malawi Long-tailed Lizard
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Malawi-Langschwanz-Eidechse
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Malawisk Langhalefirben
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1907 | |
Latastia johnstoni Boulenger |
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1919 | |
Latastia kidwelli Boulenger (Loveridge 1957) |
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1942 | |
Latastia bredoi De Witte (Loveridge 1953) |
Distribution:
Congo-Kinshasa,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Tanzania,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
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Latastia lanzai
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Dinsor Long-tailed Lizard
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Dinsor-Langschwanz-Eidechse
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Dinsor-langhalefirben
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Latastia longicauda lanzai Arillo, Baletto & Spano |
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Latastia lanzai Lanza 1983 |
Remarks:
Regarded as a synonym of longicaudata by Largen & Spawls (2006).
Distribution:
Ethiopia,
Somalia,
South Sudan.
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Latastia longicaudata
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Common Long-tailed Lizard, Long-tailed Sand Lizard, (Reuss' Long-tailed Lizard)
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Gewöhnliche Langschwanz-Eidechse
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Almindeligt Langhalefirben
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Lacerta longicaudata Reuss |
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Latastia longicaudata Boulenger 1887 |
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1870 | |
Lacerta samharica Blanford (Boulenger 1921) |
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1870 | |
Lacerta sturti Blanford (Boulenger 1921) |
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1882 | |
Eremias revoili Vaillant (Broadley & Howell 1991) |
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Latastia longicaudata revoili Parker 1942 |
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1921 | |
Latastia longicaudata andersonii Boulenger |
Other common names:
revoili: Southern Long-tailed Lizard
Remarks:
Listed for Morocco by Trape, Trape & Chirio (2012), presumably in error.
Distribution:
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
Djibouti,
Egypt,
Eritrea
(incl.
Dahlak Archipelago),
Ethiopia,
Gambia,
Kenya,
Mali,
Mauritania,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Somalia,
South Sudan,
Sudan,
Tanzania,
Uganda,
Yemen.
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Latastia ornata
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Ornate Long-tailed Lizard
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Pracht-Langschwanz-Eidechse
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Pragt-langhalefirben
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Latastia ornata Monard |
Distribution:
Guinea-Bissau.
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Latastia petersiana
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Barawa Long-tailed Lizard, (Peters' Long-tailed Lizard)
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Barawa-Langschwanz-Eidechse
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Barawa-langhalefirben
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1874 | |
Lacerta carinata Peters [not Lacerta carinata Schinz 1834] |
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Latastia carinata Boulenger 1887 |
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1917 | |
Latastia ventralis Werner [status uncertain] (Mazuch 2021) |
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1938 | |
Latastia petersiana Mertens [substitute name for Lacerta carinata Peters 1874] |
Remarks:
Although Mertens (1938) showed that Lacerta carinata Peters 1874 is a junior homonym of Lacerta carinata Schinz 1834, and therefore unavailable,
the species has nevertheless been referred to as Latastia carinata in many subsequent works (e.g., Lanza 1990).
Latastia petersiana is herein regarded as the valid name for this species, following Mertens (1938), Bischoff (1998), and Mazuch (2021).
Now restricted to Somalia (Mazuch 2021).
Previously included the subspecies caeruleopunctata, now considered a separate species.
Records of carinata from Jaldessa, Ethiopia, (Neumann 1905; Tornier 1905) most likely represent caeruleopunctata, and they are herein provisionally regarded as such.
Distribution:
Somalia.
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Latastia scorteccii
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Mandah Long-tailed Lizard, (Scortecci's Long-tailed Lizard)
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Mandah-Langschwanz-Eidechse
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Mandah-langhalefirben
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Latastia doriai scorteccii Arillo, Baletto & Spano |
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Latastia scorteccii Ineich 1999 |
Remarks:
Sometimes regarded as a subspecies of doriai (e.g., Spawls, Mazuch & Mohammad 2023).
Distribution:
Djibouti,
Somalia.
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Latastia siebenrocki
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Siebenrock's Long-tailed Lizard
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Siebenrocks Langschwanz-Eidechse
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Siebenrocks Langhalefirben
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Eremias siebenrocki Tornier |
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Latastia siebenrocki Bauer & Günther 1995 |
Remarks:
Status uncertain (Trape 2013).
Known only from the holotype.
Type locality is Porto Novo in Benin, however it has not been relocated in surveys of this site (Trape 2013).
It has been proposed that it may be synonymous with an East African species, putting the reliability of the West African locality in doubt (Trape 2013).
Not listed for Benin by Ullenbruch, Grell & Böhme (2010), but this was an error of omission (Trape 2013).
Distribution:
Benin.
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Latastia taylori
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Buran Valley Long-tailed Lizard, (Taylor's Long-tailed Lizard)
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Buran-Langschwanz-Eidechse
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Buran-langhalefirben
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Latastia taylori Parker |
Distribution:
Somalia.
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