Cercosaura schreibersii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Cercosaura
Species:
C. schreibersii
Binomial name
Cercosaura schreibersii
Wiegmann, 1834
Synonyms[2]
  • Cercosaura schreibersii
    Wiegmann, 1834
  • Pantodactylus schreibersii
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Cercosaura schreibersii
    — Bauer & R. Günther, 1994

Cercosaura schreibersii, known commonly as Schreibers's many-fingered teiid or the long-tailed little lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, schreibersii, is in honor of Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers.[3]

Geographic range

C. schreibersii is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. schreibersii are forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland.[1]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

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

Reproduction

C. schreibersii is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Carreira S, Kacoliris F, Pelegrin N, Montero R, Moravec J, Gonzales L, Aparicio J, Avila-Pires TCS, Nogueira CC (2019). "Cercosaura schreibersii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T178697A61324472. Downloaded on 21 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e Cercosaura schreibersii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 July 2019.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cercosaura schreibersi, p. 238).

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