| Ophiomorus latastii | |
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| Specimen from Jordan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Ophiomorus |
| Species: | O. latastii |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophiomorus latastii Boulenger, 1887 | |
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Ophiomorus latastii is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.[1] The species is endemic to the Near East.
Etymology
The specific name, latastii, is in honor of French herpetologist Fernand Lataste.[2]
Geographic range
O. latastii is found in Israel; Jordan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Syria; and possibly Lebanon.[1]
Habitat
The natural habitats of O. latastii are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.[1]
Description
O. latastii is limbless.[3]
Reproduction
O. latastii is viviparous.[3]
Conservation status
The species O. latastii is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Disi M, Disi AM, Werner Y, Crochet P-A, Hraoui-Bloquet S, Sadek R (2005). Ophiomorus latastii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ophiomorus latastii, p. 151).
- ^ a b Species Ophiomorus latastii at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ..., Scincidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Ophiomorus latastii, new species, p. 398 + Plate XXXIII, Figures 2, 2a).