Vhembelacerta rupicola

Taxonavigation edit

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

Holotype: TM 13989, ♀, collected by the University of the Witwatersrand Expedition to Lake Fundusi on 11 July 1931.

Type locality: “Lake Fundusi, Zoutpansberg, northern Transvaal”.

FitzSimons, V. 1933. Description of five new lizards from the Transvaal and Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(2): 273–280.
Edwards, S., Branch, W.R., Vanhooydonck, B., Herrel, A., Measey, G.J. & Tolley, K.A. 2013. Taxonomic adjustments in the systematics of the southern African lacertid lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae). Zootaxa 3669(2): 101–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3669.2.1 Reference page.

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Vhembelacerta rupicola. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 17 April 2019.
Tolley, K. & Turner, A.A. 2018. IUCN: Vhembelacerta rupicola (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T41227A115654111. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41227A115654111.en

English: Soutpansberg Rock Lizard