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Philochortus phillipsi (BOULENGER, 1898)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Philipps’ Shield-backed Lizard 
SynonymLatastia Phillipsii BOULENGER 1898: 131
Philochortus phillipsii — BOULENGER 1917: 148
Philochortus hardeggeri taylori PARKER 1932: 354
Philochortus philippsi [sic] — ANGEL 1936
Philochortus phillipsi — PARKER 1942: 76
Philochortus phillipsi — LANZA 1983
Philochortus phillipsi — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 360
Philochortus phillipsii — SPAWLS et al. 2023 
DistributionN Somalia and adjacent regions of Ethiopia

Type locality: “Berbera” [Somalia]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.9.3.42-43 (formerly 98.5.21.19-20)
Syntypes: BMNH [taylori] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy: Taylor 1942 synonymized Philochortus hardeggeri taylori with P. phillipsi. 
Etymologynamed after Mr. Lort-Phillips, collector of the types. 
References
  • Angel, M.F. 1936. Description d'une nouvelle espèce du genre Philochortus provenant des confins Saharo-Soudanais, et tableau synoptique des espèces du genre. Bull. Soc. Zool. (Paris) 61: 100-105
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G. A. 1898. On a second collection of reptiles made by Mr. E. Lord-Phillips in Somaliland. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 2: 130-133 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1917. On the lizards of the genus Philochortus MATSCHIE. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1917: 145-157 - get paper here
  • Lanza, B. 1983. A list of the Somali amphibians and reptiles. MONITORE ZOOLOGICO ITALIANO, new Ser., SUPPL. 18 (8): 193-247 - get paper here
  • Lanza, B. 1990. Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography. Biogeographia, 14: 407-465 [1988] - get paper here
  • Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2006. Lizards of Ethiopia (Reptilia Sauria): an annotated checklist, bibliography, gazetteer and identification. Tropical Zoology 19 (1): 21-109 - get paper here
  • Largen, M.J.; Spawls, S. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 694 pp.
  • Mazuch, Tomáš 2013. Amphibians and Reptiles of Somaliland and Eastern Ethiopia. Tomáš Mazuch Publishing, 80 pp. ISBN: 978-80-905439-0-4 - get paper here
  • Parker, H. W. 1942. The lizards of British Somaliland. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 91: 1—101 - get paper here
  • Parker,H.W. 1932. Two collections af amphibians and reptiles from British Somaliland. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1932: 335-367
  • Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch& Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
 
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