Ophiomorus latastii explained
Latast's snake skink (Ophiomorus latastii) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Near East.
Etymology
The specific name, latastii, is in honor of French herpetologist Fernand Lataste.[1]
Geographic range
O. latastii is found in Israel; Jordan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Syria; and possibly Lebanon.
Habitat
The natural habitats of O. latastii are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.
Description
O. latastii is limbless.[2]
Reproduction
O. latastii is viviparous.[2]
Conservation status
The species O. latastii is threatened by habitat loss.
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).
Notes and References
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Ophiomorus latastii, p. 151).
- . www.reptile-database.org.
