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Philochortus neumanni

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Sindaco, R. |author-link=species:Roberto Sindaco |author2=Busais, S.M.S. |author2-link=species:Salem M. Busais |author3=Al Jumaily, M.M. |author3-link=species:Masaa M. Al-Jumaily |date=2012 |title=Philochortus neumanni |volume=2012 |page=e.T199613A2606745 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T199613A2606745.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Philochortus

| species = neumanni

| authority = Matschie, 1893

| synonyms = *Philochortus neumanni
{{small|Matschie, 1893}}

  • Latastia neumanni
    {{small|— Anderson, 1895}}
  • Philocortus neumanni
    {{small|— Boulenger, 1917}}

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Philochortus neumanni, known commonly as Neumann's orangetail lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, neumanni, is in honor of German ornithologist Oscar Neumann.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}}. (Philocortus neumanni, p. 189).

Geographic range

P. neumanni is found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.{{NRDB species|genus=Philochortus|species=neumanni|accessdate=16 May 2019}}

Description

Dorsally, P. neumanni is brown or blackish with six narrow yellow stripes. Ventrally, it is white. Adults have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about {{convert|8|cm|in|abbr=on}}. The tail is very long, about {{convert|20|cm|in|abbr=on}}.Boulenger GA (1917). "On the Lizards of the Genus Philocortus Matschie". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1917: 145-157 + Plates I-II. (Philochortus neumanni, pp. 150-152 + Plate II, figure 1).

Reproduction

P. neumanni is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Arnold EN (1986). "A Key and Annotated Checklist to the Lizards and Amphibaenians of Arabia". Fauna of Saudi Arabia 8: 385–535.
  • Matschie P (1893). "Ueber einege von Herrn O{{small|SCAR}} N{{small|EUMANN}} bei Aden gesammelte und beobachtete Säugethiere, Reptilien und Amphibien ". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1893: 24–31. (Philochortus neumanni, new species, pp. 30–31). (in German and Latin).

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Category:Philochortus

Category:Reptiles described in 1893

Category:Taxa named by Paul Matschie

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