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

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).