Congolacerta asukului

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea
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: Lacertoidea

Congolacerta asukului Greenbaum, Villanueva, Kusamba, Aristote & Branch, 2011: 928

Holotype: UTEP 20263 (field no. EBG 2025), adult ♂, collected by M.M. Aristote, E. Greenbaum, C. Kusamba, Wandege Mastaki Moninga, Maurice Luhumyo, and Asukulu M’Mema on on 23 May 2009.
Type locality: “footpath south of Rurambo village, Itombwe Plateau, South Kivu Province, DRC (2°59′39′′S, 28°52′34′′E, 2876 m)”.

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.

Kusamba, C. 2021. IUCN: Congolacerta asukului (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T44885488A44885494. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T44885488A44885494.en. Accessed on 15 December 2025.