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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Species
The genus Cercosaura contains the following recognized species:<ref>Template:EMBL genus. www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
- Cercosaura anomala Template:Small – anomalous cercosaura
- Cercosaura anordosquama Template:Small
- Cercosaura argulus Template:Small – elegant eyed lizard, white-lipped prionodactylus
- Cercosaura bassleri Template:Small – ocellated tegu
- Cercosaura doanae Template:Small
- Cercosaura eigenmanni Template:Small – Eigenmann's prionodactylus
- Cercosaura hypnoides Template:Small
- Cercosaura manicata Template:Small – slender prionodactylus
- Cercosaura nigroventris Template:Small
- Cercosaura ocellata Template:Small – ocellated tegu
- Cercosaura olivacea Template:Small – olive tegu
- Cercosaura oshaughnessyi Template:Small – white-striped eyed lizard
- Cercosaura pacha Template:Small
- Cercosaura parkeri Template:Small – Parker's many-fingered teiid
- Cercosaura phelpsorum Template:Small
- Cercosaura quadrilineata Template:Small – lined many-fingered teiid
- Cercosaura schreibersii Template:Small – Schreibers' many-fingered teiid, long-tailed little lizard
- Cercosaura steyeri Template:Small
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).