Cercosaura
| Cercosaura | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria/Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Cercosaura Wagler, 1830 |
Cercosaura is a genus of primarily South American lizards. The genus includes 13 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 argulus W. Peters, 1863
- Cercosaura dicra (Uzzell, 1973)
- Cercosaura eigenmanni (Griffin, 1917)
- Cercosaura hypnoides Doan & Lamar, 2012
- Cercosaura manicata O'Shaughnessy, 1881
- Cercosaura nigroventris (Gorzula & Señaris, 1999)
- Cercosaura ocellata Wagler, 1830
- Cercosaura parkeri (Ruibal, 1952)
- Cercosaura phelpsorum (Lancini, 1968)
- Cercosaura quadrilineata Boettger, 1876
- Cercosaura schreibersii Wiegmann, 1834
- Cercosaura steyeri (Tedesco, 1998)
- Cercosaura vertebralis O'Shaughnessy, 1879
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Cercosaura.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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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