Cercosaura

Cercosaura
Cercosaura oshaughnessyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe:Cercosaurini
Genus:Cercosaura
Wagler, 1830

Cercosaura is a genus of primarily South American lizards. The genus includes 15 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 anordosquama Sturaro, Rodrigues, Colli, Knowles, & Avila-Pires, 2018
  • Cercosaura argulus W. Peters, 1863
  • Cercosaura bassleri Ruibal, 1952
  • Cercosaura doanae Echevarria, Barboza, & Venegas, 2015
  • Cercosaura eigenmanni (Griffin, 1917)
  • Cercosaura hypnoides Doan & Lamar, 2012
  • Cercosaura manicata O'Shaughnessy, 1881
  • Cercosaura nigroventris (Gorzula & Señaris, 1999)
  • Cercosaura ocellata Wagler, 1830
  • Cercosaura oshaughnessyi (Boulenger, 1885)
  • Cercosaura parkeri (Ruibal, 1952)
  • Cercosaura phelpsorum (Lancini, 1968)
  • Cercosaura quadrilineata Boettger, 1876
  • Cercosaura schreibersii Wiegmann, 1834
  • Cercosaura steyeri (Tedesco, 1998)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cercosaura.

References

  1. ↑ Doan TM, Lamar WW (2012). "A new montane species of Cercosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Colombia, with notes on the distribution of the genus" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3565: 44–54.
  2. ↑ "Cercosaura ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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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