Acanthocercus ceriacoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Agaminae
Genus: Acanthocercus
Species: Acanthocercus ceriacoi

Name

Acanthocercus ceriacoi Marques, Parrinha, Santos, Bandeira, Butler, Sousa, Bauer & Wagner, 2022: 225

• Holotype: CAS 258430 (field number JVV 9152), adult ♂, collected by Mariana P. Marques, Luis M.P. Ceríaco, Suzana A. Bandeira, Edward L. Stanley and Jens V. Vindum on 14 September 2015.
• Type locality: “Cangandala National Park headquarters [- 9.819417° N, 16.653861° E, 1089 m a.s.l.], Malanje Province, Angola”.

References

Primary references

• Marques, M.P., Parrinha, D., Santos, B.S., Bandeira, S., Butler, B.O., Sousa, A.C., Bauer, A.M. & Wagner, P. 2022. All in all it’s just another branch in the tree: A new species of Acanthocercus Fitzinger, 1843 (Squamata: Agamidae), from Angola. Zootaxa 5099(2): 221–243. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.2.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Acanthocercus ceriacoi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Ceríaco’s Tree Agama
português: Sardão Arborícola de Ceríaco