Gastropholis tropidopholis

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Gastropholis tropidopholis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Gastropholis
Species:
G. tropidopholis
Binomial name
Gastropholis tropidopholis
(Boulenger, 1916)

Gastropholis tropidopholis is a species of lizard endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1]

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