Cercosaura is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.

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

Taxonomy

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The genus Cercosaura includes 18 species according to studies that transfer species from the two genera Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus to this genus.[1]

Species

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The genus Cercosaura contains the following recognized species:[2]

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

References

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  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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3565.1.4.
  2. ^ Genus Cercosaura at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • 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).