Dalophia luluae

Dalophia luluae is a species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

Dalophia luluae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Amphisbaenidae
Genus: Dalophia
Species:
D. luluae
Binomial name
Dalophia luluae
(de Witte & Laurent, 1942)
Synonyms[1]
  • Monopeltis luluae
    de Witte & Laurent, 1942
  • Tomuropeltis luluae
    — Laurent, 1947
  • Dalophia luluae
    — Broadley, 1998

Etymology

The specific name, luluae, refers to the Lulu River of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2]

Reproduction

D. luluae is oviparous.[1]

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).



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