Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cordylidae
Subfamilia: Cordylinae
Genus: Cordylus
Species: Cordylus marunguensis
Name
- Cordylus marunguensis Greenbaum, Stanley, Kusamba, Moninga, Goldberg & Bursey, 2012
- Holotype: UTEP 20374 (field no. EBG 2994), an adult female.
- Type locality: Pepa, Marungu Mountains, Katanga Province, DRC (07°43’08.1’’S, 29°45’52.4’’E, ca. 2000 m elevation).
- Etymology: The specific epithet refers to the Marungu Plateau where the new species was discovered.
References
- Greenbaum, Eli; Edward L. Stanley, Chifundera Kusamba, Wandege M. Moninga, Stephen R. Goldberg & Cha, 2012: A new species of Cordylus (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Marungu Plateau of south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. African Journal of Herpetology, 61(1): 14–39. DOI: 10.1080/21564574.2012.666505 .
Vernacular names
English: Marungu Girdled Lizard
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