Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A.;Amaral, Silvana
Cercosaura
Sign in to saveCercosaura is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Species
Schreibers' Many-fingered Teiid
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyGymnophthalmidae
Observations652
Observations recorded6,208
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 65
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Collections
- UAZ, CM, ROM, BYU, LSUMZ, AMNH
- Recorded in
- Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyane, Colombia, Uruguay
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
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