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Parker’s Long-tailed Lizard

Latastia caeruleopunctata Parker, 1935

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Latastia caeruleopunctata Parker, 1935
Name authority
Parker, 1935
Common name
Parker’s Long-tailed Lizard
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Lacertidae
Genus
Latastia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderAutarchoglossa
  11. familyLacertidae
  12. genusLatastia
  13. speciesLatastia caeruleopunctata Parker, 1935

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Latastia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Latastia cherchii Arillo, Balletto & Spano, 1967LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Latastia ornata Monard, 1940LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Siebenrock's Longtail LizardLatastia siebenrocki (Tornier, 1905)LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Taylor's Longtail LizardLatastia taylori Parker, 1942LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Common Long-tailed LizardLatastia longicaudata (Reuss, 1834)LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bosca’s Long-tailed LizardLatastia boscai Bedriaga, 1884LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Doria’s Long-tailed LizardLatastia doriai Bedriaga, 1884LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Johnston’s long-tailed lizardLatastia johnstonii Boulenger, 1907LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Peters' Longtail LizardLatastia petersiana (Mertens, 1938)LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 292 records assigned to Lacertidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Latastia ventralis Werner, 1917 Werner, 1917synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

E Ethiopia (Ogaden region), NE Kenya

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Latastia&species=caeruleopunctata Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3SHVW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.