Congolacerta vauereselli

Congolacerta vauereselli

Taxonavigation

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 vauereselli

Name

Congolacerta vauereselli (Tornier, 1902)

• Holotype: ZMB 17700.
• Type locality: “Kagera und Congo” [=Kagera, west of Lake Victoria, Tanzania].

Combinations

• Lacerta vauereselli Tornier, 1902: 701 [original combination]
• Adolfus vauereselli — Arnold, 1973: 357 [subsequent combination]
• Congolacerta vauereselli — Greebaum, Villanueva, Kusamba, Aristote & Branch, 2011 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Tornier, G. 1902. Herpetologisch neues aus Ost-Afrikas. Zoologischer Anzeiger 25: 700–704. BHL Reference page. 
• Arnold, E.N. 1973. Relationships of the Palaearctic lizards assigned to the genera Lacerta, Algyroides and Psammodromus (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology 25: 289–366.
• Greenbaum, E., Villanueva, C.O., Kusamba, C,, Aristote, M.M. & Branch, W.R. 2011. A molecular phylogeny of Equatorial African Lacertidae, with the description of a new genus and species from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163(3): 913–942. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00732.x Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Congolacerta vauereselli. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 April 2019.
• Spawls, S. 2010. IUCN: Congolacerta vauereselli  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178426A7544808. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178426A7544808.en. Accessed on 21 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Sparse-scaled Forest Lizard