Latastia taylori PARKER, 1942

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Higher Taxa	Lacertidae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	Taylor's Longtail Lizard
Synonym	Latastia taylori PARKER 1942: 72 Latastia taylori — ARILLO et al. 1967 Latastia taylori — LANZA 1983
Distribution	Somalia Type locality: Buran Valley, 2500 ft elevation
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.2.91 (1931.7.20.337), 1946.9.4.90-91 (1931.7.20.335-6), 1946.9.4.89 (1931.7.20.338), 1946.9.4.95 (1931.7.20.339), 1946.9.2.89-90 (1931.7.20.340-42)
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Etymology	Named after Captain R H R Taylor who was an officer in the Royal Artillery and an administrator in British Somaliland (now part of Somalia). In 1934 he was a member of the Anglo-Ethiopian Boundary Commission. He returned to England in 1935 by travelling through Ethiopia and Sudan. In 1942 he was co-author with Parker, who described this reptile, of The lizards of British Somaliland.
References	Arillo, BALLETTO & SPANO 1967. Il genere Latastia Bedriaga in Somalia. Boll. Musei Ist. Biol. Univ. Genova 35: 105-145 Beolens, ; Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Lanza, B. 1990. Amphibians and reptiles of the Somali Democratic Republic: check list and biogeography. Biogeographia, 14: 407-465 [1988] Lanza,B. 1983. A list of the Somali amphibians and reptiles. MONITORE ZOOLOGICO ITALIANO, new Ser., SUPPL. 18 (8): 193-247 Parker, H. W. 1942. The lizards of British Somaliland. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 91: 1—101 - get paper here
External links	http://www.lacerta.de/AS/Taxon.php?Genus=39&Species=170 Google images

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