| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Hardegger's Orangetail Lizard, Hardegger's Shield-backed Lizard |
| Synonym | Latastia Hardeggeri STEINDACHNER 1891: 371
Eremias heterolepis BOETTGER 1893: 115 (fide BOULENGER 1897)
Latastia heterolepis — BOETTGER 1893: 193 (emendation)
Latastia Hardeggeri — BOULENGER 1898: 130
Latastia Hardeggeri — ANDERSON 1901: 145
Latastia degeni BOULENGER 1903: 55 (fide BOULENGER 1917: 154)
Latastia hardeggeri — NEUMANN 1905
Latastia hardeggeri — TORNIER 1905: 375
Philochortus hardeggeri — BOULENGER 1917: 154
Philochortus hardeggeri — LOVERIDGE 1936
Philochortus hardeggeri — LANZA 1983
Philochortus hardeggeri — LARGEN & SPAWLS 2010: 359 |
| Distribution | Somalia, Djibouti, E Ethiopia
Type locality: Harar on the way from Heusa, Ethiopia; “Weg von Hensa nach Artu, Hararlande” fide TIEDEMANN et al. 1994
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: NMW 16810:1,2 (m.)
Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.3.41
Holotype: SMF 59441 [heterolepis] |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (4439 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Not listed in the Zoological Record of 1891 or 1892. |
| Etymology | Named after Dr. Dominik Kammel von Hardegger (1844-1915), an Austrian physician who explored Somalia and the Harar area, Ethiopia (1875), and Egypt and Nubia (1884-1885) (Beolens et al. 2011). |
| References |
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- Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
- Boettger, O. 1893. Berichtigungen betreffend Reptilien aus Somaliland. Zool. Anz. 16: 193. - get paper here
- Boettger,O. 1893. Übersicht der von Prof. C. Keller anlässlich der Ruspoli'schen Expedition nach den Somaliländern gesammelten Reptilien und Batrachier. Zool. Anz. 16 (416): 113-119 - 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. 1903. Descriptions of two new lizards discovered by Mr. E. Degen in (sic) his journey to Abyssinia. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 11: 54-55 - 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
- Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248
- 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
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