Latastia cherchii ARILLO, BALLETTO & SPANO, 1967

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Higher Taxa	Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Latastia cherchii ARILLO, BALLETTO & SPANO 1967: 132 Latastia cherchii — LANZA 1983
Distribution	Central Somalia Type locality: “tra Obbia e Sissib” (= between Obbia and Sissib, Somaia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MZUF (Museo Zoologico dell’Universita di Firenze), female, collected by Stefanini-Puccioni, 1924.
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Maria Adelaide Cherchi, formerly at the Zoological Institute of the University of Genova.
References	Arillo, BALLETTO & SPANO 1967. Il genere Latastia Bedriaga in Somalia. Boll. Musei Ist. Biol. Univ. Genova 35: 105-145 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 Spawls, Stephen; Tomáš Mazuch & Abubakr Mohammad 2023. Handbook of Amphibians and Reptiles of North-east Africa. Bloomsbury, 640 pp. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.lacerta.de/AS/Taxon.php?Genus=39&Species=163 Google images

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