''Cercosaura oshaughnessyi'', known
commonly as the white-striped eyed lizard, 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 northern
South America
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.
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 ...
, ''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
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(
Acre
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Places
United States
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,
Amapá
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, western
Amazonas),
Colombia
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,
Ecuador
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,
French Guiana
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, and northern
Peru
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.
Reproduction
''C. oshaughnessyi'' is
oviparous
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.
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References
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. (''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).
Cercosaura
Spectacled lizards of Brazil
Reptiles of Colombia
Reptiles of Ecuador
Reptiles of French Guiana
Reptiles of Peru
Reptiles described in 1885
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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