Cercosaura

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

Cercosaura is a genus of primarily South American lizards. The genus includes 15 species according to studies that transfer species from the two genera Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus to this genus.

Species

The genus Cercosaura contains the following recognized species:

• Cercosaura anordosquama Sturaro, Rodrigues, Colli, Knowles, & Avila-Pires, 2018
• Cercosaura argulus W. Peters, 1863
• Cercosaura bassleri Ruibal, 1952
• Cercosaura doanae Echevarria, Barboza, & Venegas, 2015
• Cercosaura eigenmanni (Griffin, 1917)
• Cercosaura hypnoides Doan & Lamar, 2012
• Cercosaura manicata O'Shaughnessy, 1881
• Cercosaura nigroventris (Gorzula & Señaris, 1999)
• Cercosaura ocellata Wagler, 1830
• Cercosaura oshaughnessyi (Boulenger, 1885)
• Cercosaura parkeri (Ruibal, 1952)
• Cercosaura phelpsorum (Lancini, 1968)
• Cercosaura quadrilineata Boettger, 1876
• Cercosaura schreibersii Wiegmann, 1834
• Cercosaura steyeri (Tedesco, 1998)

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

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).