South Africa / Soutpansberg in the Northern Transvaal. 

Species:

Vhembelacerta rupicola  (FITZSIMONS, 1933)

Synonyms:

Vhembelacerta rupicola   EDWARDS et al., 2013

Lacerta rupicola   FITZSIMONS, 1933

Australolacerta rupicola   ARNOLD, 1989

Common names:

Soutpansberg Rock Lizard (English)
Soutpansberg-Felseidechse (German)

Types:

Holotype: DNMNH (= TM) 13989, half-grown female

Terra Typica:

Lake Funduzi, Zoutpansberg, Provinz Limpopo, Südafrika


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • FitzSimons, V. (1933) -  Descriptions of five new lizards from the Transvaal and southern Rhodesia. -  Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 15 (2): 273-281.  

  • 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.    

  • Engleder, A. & Haring, E. & Kirchhof, S. & Mayer, W. (2013) -  Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences provide new insights into the phylogeny of South African Lacertids (Lacertidae, Eremiadinae). -  Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Berlin, 51 (2): 132-143.    

 
 
 
 
 

Vhembelacerta rupicola  © 2006 Sebastian Kirchhof