Cordylus marunguensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Cordylus marunguensis Greenbaum, Stanley, Kusamba, Moninga, Goldberg & Bursey, 2012: 23

Holotype: UTEP 20374 (field no. EBG 2994), adult ♀, collected by Eli Greenbaum, Chifundera Kusamba and Wandege M. Moninga on 3 January 2010.
Type locality: “Pepa, Marungu Mountains, Katanga Province, DRC (07°43’08.1’’S, 29°45’52.4’’E, ca. 2000 m)”.
Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the Marungu Plateau where the new species was discovered.

Greenbaum, E., Stanley, E.L., Kusamba, C., Moninga, W.M., Goldberg, S.R. & Bursey, C.R. 2012. A new species of Cordylus (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Marungu Plateau of south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. African Journal of Herpetology 61(1): 14–39. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2012.666505 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Cordylus marunguensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 April 2022.
Kusamba, C. 2021. IUCN: Cordylus marunguensis (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T110159609A110159614. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T110159609A110159614.en. Accessed on 12 April 2022.

English: Marungu Girdled Lizard