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DeutschDalophia luluae
| Dalophia luluae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | Amphisbaenia |
| Family: | Amphisbaenidae |
| Genus: | Dalophia |
| Species: | D. luluae |
| Binomial name | |
| Dalophia luluae | |
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Dalophia luluae is an endangered species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, luluae, refers to the Lulu River of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of Dalophia luluae is savanna, at altitudes of 800–1,000 m (2,600–3,300 ft).[1]
Behavior
[edit]Dalophia luluae is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kusamba C (2021). "Dalophia lulae ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T120684774A120684796.en. Accessed on 26 March 2025.
- ^ a b c Dalophia luluae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 24 February 2019.
- ^ 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
[edit]- Broadley, D.G.; Gans, C.; Visser, J. (1976). "Studies on amphisbaenians (Amphisbaenia, Reptilia). 6. The Genera Monopeltis and Dalophia in southern Africa". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 157 (5): 311–486. (Dalophis luluae, new combination, pp. 469–473, Figures 137–140).
- 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).