''Latastia siebenrocki'', also known
commonly as Siebenrock's longtail lizard or Siebenrock's long-tailed lizard, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Lacertidae
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. The species is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''siebenrocki'', is in honor of Austrian herpetologist
Friedrich Siebenrock.
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(2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Latastia siebenrocki'', p. 243).
Geographic range
''L. siebenrocki'' is found in
Conakry
Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...
, Guinea.
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat
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of ''L. siebenrocki'' is unknown.
Reproduction
''L. siebenrocki'' is
oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
.
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References
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).
Reptiles described in 1905
Latastia
Endemic fauna of Guinea
Taxa named by Gustav Tornier
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