Vhembelacerta rupicola

Vhembelacerta rupicola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Eremiadini
Genus: Vhembelacerta
Species: Vhembelacerta rupicola

Name

Vhembelacerta rupicola (FitzSimons, 1933)

• 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”.

Combinations

• Lacerta rupicola FitzSimons, 1933: 278 [original combination]
• Australolacerta rupicola — Kirchhof et al., 2010 [subsequent combination]
• Vhembelacerta rupicola — Edwards et al., 2013: 108 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• FitzSimons, V. 1933. Descriptions of five new lizards from the Transvaal and Southern Rhodesia. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(2): 273–280. hdl: 10520/AJA00411752_611 Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• 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. Accessed on 29 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Soutpansberg Rock Lizard