Congolacerta vauereselli

Congolacerta vauereselli, also known commonly as the sparse-scaled forest lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to central Africa.

Congolacerta vauereselli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Congolacerta
Species:
C. vauereselli
Binomial name
Congolacerta vauereselli
(Tornier, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Lacerta vauereselli
    Tornier, 1902
  • Lacerta (Zootoca) vauereselli
    — de Witte & Laurent, 1942
  • Adolfus vauereselli
    — Arnold, 1973
  • Congolacerta vauereselli
    — Greenbaum et al., 2011

Etymology

Tornier (1902) did not explain the source of the specific name vauereselli.[2][3]

Geographic range

C. vauereselli is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural Habitat of C. vauereselli is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–2,400 m (3,300–7,900 ft).[1]

Reproduction

References
  1. Spawls S (2010). "Congolacerta vauereselli ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178426A7544808. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178426A7544808.en. Downloaded on 19 April 2019.
  2. Spawls S, Howell K, Drewes R, Ashe J (2002). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Cologne, Germany: Academic Press. 544 pp. ISBN 0-12-656470-1.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Adolfus vauereselli, p. 273).
  4. Species Congolacerta vauereselli at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading
  • Greenbaum E, Villanueva CO, Kusamba C, Aristote MM, Branch WR (2011). "A molecular phylogeny of Equatorial African Lacertidae, with the description of a new genus and species from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163: 913–942. (Congolacerta vauereselli, new combination, p. 927).
  • Spawls, Stephen; Howell, Kim; Hinkel, Harald; Menegon, Michele (2018). Field Guide to East African Reptiles, Second Edition. London: Bloomsbury Natural History. 624 pp. ISBN 978-1472935618.
  • Tornier G (1902). "Herpetologisch Neues aus Ost-Afrika". Zoologischer Anzeiger 25: 700–704. (Lacerta vauereselli, new species, pp. 701-703). (in German).



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