Dalophia luluae is an endangered species of amphisbaenian in the family Amphisbaenidae. The species is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Etymology The specific name, luluae, refers to the Lulu River of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Dalophia luluae, p. 162).
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Dalophia luluae is savanna, at altitudes of .
Behavior Dalophia luluae is terrestrial and fossorial.
Reproduction D. luluae is oviparous.
References
Further reading (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).