Congolacerta asukului

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Congolacerta
Species: Congolacerta asukului

Name

• 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)”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Congolacerta asukului. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 15 April 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Asukulu’s Grass Lizard