Congolacerta vauereselli explained

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.

Etymology

Tornier (1902) did not explain the source of the specific name vauereselli.^{[1] [2]}

Geographic range

C. vauereselli is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural Habitat of C. vauereselli is forest, at altitudes of 1000–.

Reproduction

• C. vauereselli is oviparous.^[3]

Further reading

• 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. .
• Tornier G (1902). "Herpetologisch Neues aus Ost-Afrika". Zoologischer Anzeiger 25: 700–704. (Lacerta vauereselli, new species, pp. 701–703). (in German).

Notes and References

1. Spawls S, Howell K, Drewes R, Ashe J (2002). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of East Africa. Cologne, Germany: Academic Press. 544 pp. .
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Adolfus vauereselli, p. 273).
3. www.reptile-database.org.