North and Central Somalia and adjacent Ethiopia. 

Species:

Latastia caeruleopunctata  PARKER, 1935

Common names:

Parker’s Longtail Lizard (English)

Types:

Holotype: BMNH 1936.6.12.3/1946.9.2.77

Terra Typica:

Haud region at 08°37’N 45°09’E, ca. 930 m NN, Ethiopia-Somali border. Other localities: “Berbera (BOULENGER, 1921, p. 32), from the Danakil depression near Zeila, and from near Jaldessa (TORNIER, 1905 and NEUMANN, 1905)” [from PARKER 1935].


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Parker, H.W. (1935) -  Two new lizards from Somaliland. -  The Annals and magazine of natural history, (10) 16: 525-529.  

  • Largen, M.J. & Spawls, S. (2006) -  Lizards of Ethiopia (Reptilia Sauria):an annotated checklist, bibliography,gazetteer and identification key. -  Tropical Zoology, 19 (1): 21-109.    

 
 
 
 
 

Latastia caeruleopunctata  © 2011 Tomáš Mazuch