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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Congolacerta |
| Species: | C. vauereselli
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| Congolacerta vauereselli (Tornier, 1902)
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Etymology
editTornier (1902) did not explain the source of the specific name vauereselli.[2][3]
Geographic range
editC. vauereselli is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.[4]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural Habitat of C. vauereselli is forest, at altitudes of 1,000–2,400 m (3,300–7,900 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Wagner, P.; Spawls, S. (2021). "Congolacerta vauereselli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178426A46107660. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178426A46107660.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
- ^ a b Species Congolacerta vauereselli at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
edit- 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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