Cercosaura
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Cercosaura is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Taxonomy
The genus Cercosaura includes 18 species according to studies that transfer species from the two genera Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus to this genus.[1]
Species
The genus Cercosaura contains the following recognized species:[2]
- Cercosaura anomala Müller. 1923Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – anomalous cercosaura
- Cercosaura anordosquama Sturaro, Rodrigues, Colli, Knowles & Avila-Pires, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cercosaura argulus W. Peters, 1863Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – elegant eyed lizard, white-lipped prionodactylus
- Cercosaura bassleri Ruibal, 1952Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – ocellated tegu
- Cercosaura doanae Echevarría, Barboza & Venegas, 2015Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cercosaura eigenmanni (Griffin, 1917)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Eigenmann's prionodactylus
- Cercosaura hypnoides Doan & Lamar, 2012Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cercosaura manicata O'Shaughnessy, 1881Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – slender prionodactylus
- Cercosaura nigroventris (Gorzula & Señaris, 1999)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cercosaura ocellata Wagler, 1830Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – ocellated tegu
- Cercosaura olivacea Gray, 1845Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – olive tegu
- Cercosaura oshaughnessyi (Boulenger, 1885)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – white-striped eyed lizard
- Cercosaura pacha Mamani, Chaparro, Correa, Alarcón, Salas, & Catenazzi. 2020Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cercosaura parkeri (Ruibal, 1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Parker's many-fingered teiid
- Cercosaura phelpsorum (Lancini, 1968)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cercosaura quadrilineata Boettger, 1876Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – lined many-fingered teiid
- Cercosaura schreibersii Wiegmann, 1834Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Schreibers' many-fingered teiid, long-tailed little lizard
- Cercosaura steyeri (Tedesco, 1998)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cercosaura.
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Teiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Cercosaura, p. 395).
- Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender Classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Cercosaura, new genus, p. 158). (in German and Latin).
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
- ↑ Genus Cercosaura at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.