Philochortus hardeggeri
| Philochortus hardeggeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Philochortus |
| Species: | P. hardeggeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Philochortus hardeggeri (Steindachner, 1891)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
Philochortus hardeggeri, also known commonly as Hardegger's orangetail lizard and Hardegger's shield-backed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to the Horn of Africa.
Etymology[edit]
The specific name, hardeggeri, is in honor of Austrian physician Dominik Kammel von Hardegger (1844–1915), who explored in Ethiopia and Somalia.[3]
Geographic range[edit]
P. hardeggeri is found in Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Somalia.[2]
Habitat[edit]
The preferred natural habitats of P. hardeggeri are desert and savanna, at altitudes below 1,100 m (3,600 ft).[1]
Reproduction[edit]
P. hardeggeri is oviparous.[2]
Taxonomy[edit]
Philochortus hardeggeri was originally described as Latastia hardeggeri, a species new to science, by Austrian herpetologist Franz Steindachner in 1891. In 1917 the species was assigned to the genus Philochortus as Philocortus hardeggeri by Belgian-British herpetologist George Albert Boulenger. Boulenger also determined that two other species, Eremias heterolepis Boettger, 1893 and Latastia degeni Boulenger, 1903 are junior synonyms of Philocortus hardeggeri.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Mazuch T (2021). "Philocortus hardeggeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T13152004A13152014.en. Accessed on 26 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d Philochortus hardeggeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 16 May 2019.
- ^ 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. (Philochortus hardeggeri, p. 116).
Further reading[edit]
- Lanza B (1983). "A List of the Somali Amphibians and Reptiles". Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento 18 (1): 193–247. (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
- Largen MJ, Spawls S (2010). Amphibians and Reptiles of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira / Serpents Tale. 694 pp. ISBN 978-3899734669. (Philochortus hardeggeri, p. 359).
- Loveridge A (1936). "African Reptiles and Amphibians in the Field Museum of Natural History". Zoological Series, Field Museum of Natural History 22 (1): 1–111.
- Steindachner F (1891). "Ueber neue und seltene Lacertiden aus den herpetologischen Sammlungen des k. k. naturhistorischen Hofmuseums ". Annalen des kaiserlich-königlichen naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, Wien 6: 371–378 + Plates XI–XII. (Latastia hardeggeri, new species, pp. 371–373 + Plate XI, figures 1–3). (in German).
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