''Cercosaura bassleri'', known
commonly as the ocellated tegu, is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Gymnophthalmidae.
The species is
endemic
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to
Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
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, national_motto = "Fi ...
.
Etymology
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specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''bassleri'', is in honor of Dr.
Harvey Bassler
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of the
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.
[Ruibal (1952). p. 478.]
Geographic range
''Cercosaura bassleri'' is found on the eastern slopes of the
Andes
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, in
Perené District
Perené District is one of six districts of the province Chanchamayo in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática
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,
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.
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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 + Figure 3 on p. 526).
*Sturaro, Marcelo José; Rodrigues, Miguel T.; Colli, Guarino R.; Knowles, L. Lacey; Avila-Pires, Teresa C.S. (2018). "Integrative taxonomy of the lizards ''Cercosaura ocellata'' species complex (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae)". ''Zoologischer Anzeiger'' 275: 37–65.
*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 bassleri'', new status).
Cercosaura
Reptiles of Peru
Endemic fauna of Peru
Reptiles described in 1952
Taxa named by Rodolfo Ruibal
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