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Cercosaura
''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. Species The genus ''Cercosaura'' contains the following recognized species:. www.reptile-database.org. *'' Cercosaura anomala'' – anomalous cercosaura *'' Cercosaura anordosquama'' *'' Cercosaura argulus'' – elegant eyed lizard, white-lipped prionodactylus *'' Cercosaura bassleri'' – ocellated tegu *'' Cercosaura doanae'' *'' Cercosaura eigenmanni'' – Eigenmann's prionodactylus *'' Cercosaura hypnoides'' *'' Cercosaura manicata'' – slender prionodactylus *'' Cercosaura nigroventris'' *'' Cercosaura ocellata'' – ocellated tegu *'' Cercosaura olivacea'' – olive tegu *''Cercosaura oshaughnessyi'' – white-striped eyed lizard *'' Cercosaura pacha'' *''Cercosaura parkeri'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cercosaura Bassleri
''Cercosaura bassleri'', known commonly as the ocellated tegu, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Peru. Etymology The specific name, ''bassleri'', is in honor of Dr. Harvey Bassler of the American Museum of Natural History.Ruibal (1952). p. 478. Geographic range ''Cercosaura bassleri'' is found on the eastern slopes of the Andes, in Perené District, Chanchamayo Province, Department of Junín Junín () is a department and region in the central highlands and westernmost Peruvian Amazon. Its capital is Huancayo. Geography The region has a very heterogeneous topography. The western range located near the border with the Lima Regi ..., Peru. References Further reading *Ruibal, Rodolfo (1952). "Revisionary Studies of Some South American Teiidae". ''Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, in Cambridge'' assachusetts106: 475–529. (''Cercosaura ocellata bassleri'', new subspecies, pp. 499-500 + F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cercosaura Eigenmanni
''Cercosaura eigenmanni'', known commonly as Eigenmann's prionodactylus, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America Etymology The specific name, ''eigenmanni'', is in honor of German-born American ichthyologist Carl H. Eigenmann.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionaery of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Cercosaura eigenmanni'', p. 81). Geographic range ''C. eigenmanni'' is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Description Adults of ''C. eigenmanni'' may attain a snout-to-vent length of about . Habitat The preferred habitat of ''C. eigenmanni'' is forest at altitudes of . Reproduction ''C. eigenmanni'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cercosaura Oshaughnessyi
''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.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Cercosaura oshaughnessyi'', p. 197). Geographic range ''C. oshaughnessyi'' is found in Brazil (Acre, Amapá, western Amazonas), Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, and northern Peru. Reproduction ''C. oshaughnessyi'' is oviparous Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and .... References Further reading * Boulen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cercosaura Doanae
''Cercosaura doanae'' is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to Peru. Etymology The specific name, ''doanae'', is in honor of herpetologist Tiffany M. Doan Geographic range ''C. doanae'' is found in Mariscal Cáceres Province Mariscal Cáceres Province ( es, Provincia de Mariscal Cáceres) is one of the provinces of San Martín Region, Peru. Its capital is the town Juanjui. It was created by a law of the Peruvian congress during the presidency of Manuel Prado Ugartec ..., Department of San Martín, Peru. References Further reading *Echevarría, Lourdes Y.; Barboza, Andy C.; Venegas, Pablo J. (2015). "A new species of montane gymnphthalmid lizard, genus ''Cercosaura'' (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), from the Amazon slope of northern Peru". ''Amphibian & Reptile Conservation'' 9 (1) pecial Section 34-44 (e109). (''Cercosaura doanae'', new species). Cercosaura Reptiles of Peru Endemic fauna of Peru Reptiles described in 2015 Tax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cercosaura Argulus
''Cercosaura argulus'', the elegant eyed lizard or white-lipped prionodactylus is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is found in Colombia , Ecuador, Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center , flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ..., French Guiana, Peru, and Brazil. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5313776 Cercosaura Reptiles described in 1862 Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cercosaura Hypnoides
''Cercosaura hypnoides'' is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is endemic to Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q2946588 Cercosaura Reptiles of Colombia Endemic fauna of Colombia Reptiles described in 2012 Taxa named by Tiffany M. Doan Taxa named by William W. Lamar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cercosaura Anomala
''Cercosaura anomala'', the strange pholiodobolus, is a species of lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ... in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is endemic to Peru. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q5237507 Cercosaura Reptiles of Peru Endemic fauna of Peru Reptiles described in 1923 Taxa named by Lorenz Müller Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cercosaura Anordosquama
''Cercosaura anordosquama'' is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is endemic to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q63384815 Cercosaura Reptiles of Brazil Endemic fauna of Brazil Reptiles described in 2018 Taxa named by Marcelo José Sturaro Taxa named by Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues Taxa named by Guarino R. Colli Taxa named by L. Lacey Knowles Taxa named by Teresa C.S. Ávila-Pires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Henry Eigenmann
Carl Henry Eigenmann (March 9, 1863 – April 24, 1927) was a German-American ichthyologist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who, along with his wife Rosa Smith Eigenmann, and his zoology students is credited with identifying and describing for the first time 195 genera containing nearly 600 species of fishes of North America and South America. Especially notable among his published papers are his studies of the freshwater fishes of South America, the evolution and systematics of South American fishes, and for his analysis of degenerative evolution based on his studies of blind cave fishes found in parts of North America and in Cuba. His most notable works are ''The American Characidae'' (1917–1929) and ''A revision of the South American Nematognathi or cat-fishes'' (1890), in addition to numerous published papers such as "Cave Vertebrates of North America, a study of degenerative evolution" (1909) and "The fresh-water fishes of Patagonia and an examination o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prionodactylus
''Prionodactylus'' is a former genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. Species that at least at some point have been placed in the genus are reassigned to ''Arthrosaura'', ''Cercosaura'', '' Echinosaura'', '' Pholidobolus'', '' Placosoma'', ''Proctoporus ''Proctoporus'' is a genus of medium-sized lizards ( snout-vent length between and ) assigned to the family Gymnophthalmidae. Species in the genus ''Proctoporus'' occur in Yungas forests and wet montane grasslands on the upper edge of the Amaz ...'', '' Ptychoglossus'', and '' Riolama''. References Gymnophthalmidae Lizard genera Taxa named by Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy {{Lizard-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia although some lizards are more closely related to these two excluded groups than they are to other lizards. Lizards range in size from chameleons and geckos a few centimeters long to the 3-meter-long Komodo dragon. Most lizards are quadrupedal, running with a strong side-to-side motion. Some lineages (known as "legless lizards"), have secondarily lost their legs, and have long snake-like bodies. Some such as the forest-dwelling ''Draco'' lizards are able to glide. They are often territorial, the males fighting off other males and signalling, often with bright colours, to attract mates and to intimidate rivals. Lizards are mainly carnivorous, often being sit-and-wait predators; many smaller species eat insects, while the Komodo eats mammals a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnophthalmidae
Gymnophthalmidae is a family of lizards with at least 250 species, sometimes known commonly as spectacled lizards or microteiids. They are called "spectacled" because of their transparent lower eyelids, which allow them to still see with closed eyes. As in most lizards, except geckos, these eyelids are movable. The Alopoglossidae have been recently moved from this family. Description and ecology Spectacled lizards are related to the Teiidae, but they look like skinks (slightly more distant relatives) with smooth scales. They are generally small lizards; many species have reduced limbs. Unusually among lizards, however, it is generally the hind limbs that are reduced or absent, rather than the forelimbs. Bauer (1998). Gymnophthalmids live in a wide variety of habitats, from desert to mountain to rain forest, throughout Central America and South America. They are usually inhabitants of the forest floor or wet areas associated with tropical forests, either nocturnal or intermitten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
