Congolacerta asukului

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia 

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

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Congolacerta
Species: Congolacerta asukului

Name

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Holotype: UTEP 20263 (field no. EBG 2025), adult ♂, collected by M.M. Aristote, E. Greenbaum, C. Kusamba, Wandege Mastaki Moninga, Maurice Luhumyo, and Asukulu M’Mema on on 23 May 2009.

Type locality: “footpath south of Rurambo village, Itombwe Plateau, South Kivu Province, DRC (2°59′39′′S, 28°52′34′′E, 2876 m)”.

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Asukulu’s Grass Lizard