Cercosaura oshaughnessyi

Cercosaura oshaughnessyi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Cercosaura
Species:	C. oshaughnessyi
Binomial name
	Cercosaura oshaughnessyi; (Boulenger, 1885)
Synonyms
	Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi ; Boulenger, 885; Euspondylus oshaughnessyi ; — Cunha, 1961; Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi ; — Vanzolini, 1972; Cercosaura oshaughnessyi ; — Torres-Carvajal et al., 2015;

Cercosaura oshaughnessyi, known commonly as the white-striped eyed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, oshaughnessyi, is in honor of Arthur O'Shaughnessy, who was a British herpetologist and poet.^[2]

C. oshaughnessyi is found in Brazil (Acre, Amapá, western Amazonas), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, and northern Peru.^[1]

C. oshaughnessyi is oviparous.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Cercosaura oshaughnessyi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 July 2019.
^ 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 oshaughnessyi, p. 197).

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. (Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi, new species, p. 392 + Plate XXI, figures 1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d).
Cunha OR (1961). "Lacertílios da Amazônia. II. Os lagartos da Amazônia brasileira, com especial referenda aos representados na coleção do Museu Goeldi ". Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Zoologia 39: 1–189. (Euspondylus oshaughnessyi, new combination, p. 146). (in Portuguese).
Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Lobos, Simón E.; Venegas, Pablo J. (2015). "Phylogeny of Neotropical Cercosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) lizards" Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 93: 281–288. (Cercosaura oshaughnessyi, new combination).

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