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Dalophia luluae

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Species of amphisbaenian

Dalophia luluae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Amphisbaenia
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Dalophia
Species: D. luluae
Binomial name
Dalophia luluae
(de Witte & Laurent, 1942)
Synonyms
  • Monopeltis luluae
    de Witte & Laurent, 1942
  • Tomuropeltis luluae
    — Laurent, 1947
  • Dalophia luluae
    — Broadley, 1998

Dalophia luluae is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Etymology

The specific name, luluae, refers to the Lulu River of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Reproduction

D. luluae is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Dalophia luluae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dalophia luluae, p. 162).

Further reading

  • De Witte G-F, Laurent RF (1942). "Contribution à la Systématique de Amphisbaenidae du Congo belge". Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 36: 67–86. (Monopeltis luluae, new species, p. 68). (in French).
  • Gans C (2005). "Checklist and Bibliography of the Amphisbaenia of the World". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (289): 1–130. (Dalophia luluae, p. 31).


Taxon identifiers
Dalophia luluae


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