Latastia ornata MONARD, 1940
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Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Latastia ornata MONARD 1940: 158 Latastia ornata — TRAPE, CHIRIO & TRAPE 2012 |
Distribution | Guinea-Bissau
Type locality: “Bafatà”, Guinea-Bissau
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: LCFM (also as MHNCF) 608 |
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Comment | Abundance: only known from the type specimen (Meiri et al. 2017). |
Etymology | The Latin ornata, -us, = decorated" or "ornamented," refers to the ornate coloration. |
References |
- Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here
- Monard, ALBERT 1940. Résultats de la mission du Dr. Monard en Guinée Portugaise 1937 – 1938. Arq. Mus. Bocage, Lisbon 11: 147-182
- Trape, J.F.; Trape, S. & Chirio, L. 2012. Lézards, crocodiles et tortues d'Afrique occidentale et du Sahara. IRD Orstom, 503 pp. - get paper here
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