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Latastia
Latastia is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae. Species of this genus are distributed in Africa (Egypt, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Zambia, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania) but one subspecies (Latastia longicaudata andersonii) lives in Yemen. Their common name is Long-tailed Lizards.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 10 known species
Common Long-tailed Lizard
speciesLatastia longicaudata
Johnston’s long-tailed lizard
speciesLatastia johnstonii
Doria’s Long-tailed Lizard
speciesLatastia doriai
Peters' Longtail Lizard
speciesLatastia caeruleopunctata
Taylor's Longtail Lizard
speciesLatastia taylori
Bosca’s Long-tailed Lizard
speciesLatastia boscai
Latastia petersiana
speciesLatastia petersiana
Latastia cherchii
speciesLatastia cherchii
Latastia ornata
speciesLatastia ornata
Siebenrock's Longtail Lizard
speciesLatastia siebenrocki
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 35826.