Philochortus neumanni MATSCHIE, 1893
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Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Eremiadinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Neumann's Orangetail Lizard |
Synonym | Philochortus neumanni MATSCHIE 1893: 30 Latastia neumanni — ANDERSON 1895: 643 Latastia neumanni — NEUMANN 1905 Philochortus neumanni — BOULENGER 1917: 150 Philochortus neumanni — BOULENGER 1921: 7 Philochortus neumanni — ANGEL 1936 Philochortus neumanni — BAUER & GÜNTHER 1995 Philochortus neumanni — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 |
Distribution | SW Saudi Arabia, Yemen
Type locality: “Scadi bei Lahadsch” [= Lahij?, Yemen]
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: ZMB 11148 |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (5156 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Type species: Philochortus neumanni MATSCHIE 1893: 30 is the type species of the genus Philochortus MATSCHIE 1893. |
Etymology | Named after Professor Oskar Rudolph Neumann (1867-1946), a German ornithologist who collected in East Africa (1892-1894). Later in his life he moved to Chicago to escape Nazi persecution and worked at the Field Museum.
The genus is named after the Greek “philos” = lover, and “chortos” = grass, meaning grass-loving. |
References |
- Anderson, J. 1895. On a collection of reptiles and batrachians made by Colonel Yerbury at Aden and its neighbourhood. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1895: 635—663 - get paper here
- 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
- Arnold E N 1986. A key and annotated checklist to the lizards and amphisbaenians of Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 8: 385-435
- Bauer, Aaron M.;Günther, Rainer 1995. An annotated type catalogue of the lacertids (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 71 (1): 37-62 - get paper here
- 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. 1917. On the lizards of the genus Philochortus MATSCHIE. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1917: 145-157 - get paper here
- Matschie, P. 1893. Über einige von Herrn Oscar Neumann bei Aden gesammelte u. beobachtete Säugethiere, Reptilien und Amphibien. Sber. Ges. naturf. Freunde, Berlin (1893): 24-31. - get paper here
- Neumann, Oscar Rudolph 1905. Über nordost-afrikanische und arabische Kriechtiere. Zool. Jahrb. Syst., 22: 389-404. - get paper here
- Schätti, B. & Gasperetti, J. 1994. A contribution to the herpetofauna of Southwest Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 14: 348-423
- Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
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