Acanthocercus guentherpetersi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Acanthocercus guentherpetersi Largen & Spawls, 2006: 28

Holotype: BMNH 1969.1254, adult ♂, collected by the Great Abbai Expedition on 21 September 1968.
Type locality: “ca 40 km E of Harar on the road to Jigjiga, Ethiopia (09°12’N 42°22’E, altitude 1500 m)”.

Largen, M.J. & Spawls, S. 2006. Lizards of Ethiopia (Reptilia: Sauria): an annotated checklist, bibliography, gazetteer and identification. Tropical Zoology 19(1): 21–109. Reference page.

Mazuch, T. & Spawls, S. 2019. IUCN: Acanthocercus guentherpetersi (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T20877932A20877934. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T20877932A20877934.en. Accessed on 12 October 2025.