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{{Taxobox
| name = Soutpansberg rock lizard
| name = Soutpansberg rock lizard
| image =
| image = Soutpansberg Rock Lizard.jpg
| image_caption = in Medike, Soutpansberg
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| status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| status = LC
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| status_system = IUCN3.1
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Tolley, K.A. |author2=Turner, A.A. |date=2018 |title=''Vhembelacerta rupicola'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T41227A115654111 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41227A115654111.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
| classis = [[Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| genus = Vhembelacerta
| parent_authority = Edwards, Herrel, Vanhooydonck, Measey, Tolley, & [[William Roy Branch|Branch]], 2013
| familia = [[Lacertidae]]
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| species = rupicola
| genus = ''[[Australolacerta]]''
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| authority = ([[Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons|FitzSimons]], 1933)
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| species = '''''V. rupicola'''''
| binomial = ''Vhembelacerta rupicola''
| synonyms = * ''Lacerta rupicola''<br/><small>Fitzsimons, 1933</small>
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* ''Australolacerta rupicola''<br/><small>Kirchhof, 2010</small>
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| binomial_authority = ([[Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons|FitzSimons]], 1933)
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* ''Vhembelacerta rupicola''<br/><small>Edwards, 2013</small><ref name="reptile-database">{{cite web | url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Vhembelacerta&species=rupicola | title=Vhembelacerta rupicola (FITZSIMONS, 1933) | accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>
| synonyms = ''Lacerta rupicola'' Fitzsimons, 1933
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''Australolacerta rupicola'' KIRCHHOF et al. 2010
''Vhembelacerta rupicola'' EDWARDS et al. 2013
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<ref>{{cite web | url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Vhembelacerta&species=rupicola | title=Vhembelacerta rupicola (FITZSIMONS, 1933) | accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>}}


The '''Soutpansberg rock lizard''' ('''''Vhembelacerta rupicola''''') is a small (40-50 mm)flattened species of [[lizard]] in the [[Lacertidae]] family. and has bee described as diurnal, rockdwelling species inhabiting scree and rocky outcrops at altitudes from 900-1600 m. <ref>{{cite journal | title=Daily activity patterns of Australolacerta rupicola(FitzSimons, 1933) (Sauria: Lacertidae) with comments on niche segregation within a syntopic lizard community | author=Kirchhof,S. Linden, J. Rodder, D and Richter,K. | journal=North-Western Journal of Zoology | year=2010 | volume=6 | pages=172-181}}</ref>
The '''Soutpansberg rock lizard''' ('''''Vhembelacerta rupicola''''') is a small (40–50&nbsp;mm) flattened species of [[lizard]] in the family [[Lacertidae]]. It has been described as a diurnal, rock-dwelling species inhabiting scree and rocky outcrops at altitudes from 900 to 1600 m.<ref>{{cite journal | title=Daily activity patterns of ''Australolacerta rupicola'' (FitzSimons, 1933) (Sauria: Lacertidae) with comments on niche segregation within a syntopic lizard community | author=Kirchhof, S. | author2=Linden, J. | author3=Rodder, D. | author4=Richter, K. | journal=North-Western Journal of Zoology | year=2010 | volume=6 | pages=172–181}}</ref> It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Limpopo Province]] in the north of [[South Africa]].<ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021" /><ref name="reptile-database"/>
It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Limpopo Province]] in the north of [[South Africa]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41227/0 | title=IUCN | accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>


It is an active forager on the southern slopes of the Soutpansberg hills.
It is an active forager on the southern slopes of the [[Soutpansberg]] hills.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The species name “rupicola” means rock-inhabiting as this lizard is quite strictly saxicolous when compared to other species in the area like ''[[Trachylepis varia]]''.
The species name “rupicola” means rock-inhabiting as this lizard is quite strictly saxicolous when compared to other species in the area like ''[[Trachylepis varia]]''.


The first part of the genus name '''Vhembe''' refers to the [[Vhembe]] region of [[Limpopo Province]] where the species is endemic. '''Lacerta''' The second part of the name refers to the Latin name for lizard, it also retains the historical link to the genus Lacerta to which the species was originally described. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Vhembelacerta&species=rupicola | title=Vhembelacerta rupicola (FITZSIMONS, 1933) | accessdate=15 November 2014}}</ref>
The first part of the genus name "Vhembe-" refers to the [[Vhembe]] region of [[Limpopo Province]] where the species is endemic. The second part of the name, "lacerta", refers to the Latin name for lizard, it also retains the historical link to the genus [[Lacerta (genus)|Lacerta]] to which the species was originally described.<ref name="reptile-database"/>

==Source==
* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/41227/all Australolacerta rupicola]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 28 July 2007.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Australolacerta]]
[[Category:Lacertidae]]
[[Category:Reptiles of South Africa]]
[[Category:Endemic reptiles of South Africa]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Vivian Frederick Maynard FitzSimons]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1933]]
[[Category:Lacertid lizards of Africa]]
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Latest revision as of 05:42, 31 December 2022

Soutpansberg rock lizard
in Medike, Soutpansberg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Vhembelacerta
Edwards, Herrel, Vanhooydonck, Measey, Tolley, & Branch, 2013
Species:
V. rupicola
Binomial name
Vhembelacerta rupicola
(FitzSimons, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Lacerta rupicola
    Fitzsimons, 1933
  • Australolacerta rupicola
    Kirchhof, 2010
  • Vhembelacerta rupicola
    Edwards, 2013[2]

The Soutpansberg rock lizard (Vhembelacerta rupicola) is a small (40–50 mm) flattened species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It has been described as a diurnal, rock-dwelling species inhabiting scree and rocky outcrops at altitudes from 900 to 1600 m.[3] It is endemic to the Limpopo Province in the north of South Africa.[1][2]

It is an active forager on the southern slopes of the Soutpansberg hills.

Etymology

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The species name “rupicola” means rock-inhabiting as this lizard is quite strictly saxicolous when compared to other species in the area like Trachylepis varia.

The first part of the genus name "Vhembe-" refers to the Vhembe region of Limpopo Province where the species is endemic. The second part of the name, "lacerta", refers to the Latin name for lizard, it also retains the historical link to the genus Lacerta to which the species was originally described.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Tolley, K.A.; Turner, A.A. (2018). "Vhembelacerta rupicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T41227A115654111. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T41227A115654111.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Vhembelacerta rupicola (FITZSIMONS, 1933)". Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  3. ^ Kirchhof, S.; Linden, J.; Rodder, D.; Richter, K. (2010). "Daily activity patterns of Australolacerta rupicola (FitzSimons, 1933) (Sauria: Lacertidae) with comments on niche segregation within a syntopic lizard community". North-Western Journal of Zoology. 6: 172–181.


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