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[2]

Cercosaura eigenmanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Cercosaura
Species:
C. eigenmanni
Binomial name
Cercosaura eigenmanni
(Griffin, 1917)
Synonyms[2]
  • Prionodactylus eigenmanni
    Griffin, 1917
  • Cercosaura eigenmanni
    — Doan, 2003

Etymology

The specific name, eigenmanni, is in honor of German-born American ichthyologist Carl H. Eigenmann.[3]

Geographic range

C. eigenmanni is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.[2]

Description

Adults of C. eigenmanni may attain a snout-to-vent length of about 4.5 cm (1.8 in).[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of C. eigenmanni is forest at altitudes of 200–700 m (660–2,300 ft).[1]

Reproduction

C. eigenmanni is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Aparicio J, Avila-Pires TCS, Moravec J, Perez P (2019). "Cercosaura eigenmanni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44578488A44578496. Downloaded on 20 July 2019.
  2. Cercosaura eigenmanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 July 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionaery of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cercosaura eigenmanni, p. 81).

Further reading
  • Doan, Tiffany M. (2003). "A new phylogenetic classification for the gymnophthalmid genera Cercosaura, Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137 (1): 101–115. (Cercosaura eigenmanni, new combination).
  • Freitas MA, França DPF, Veríssimo D (2011). "First record of Cercosaura eigenmanni (Griffin, 1917) (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) for the state of Acre, Brazil". Check List 7 (4): 516.
  • Griffin, Lawrence Edmonds (1917). "A List of the South American Lizards of the Carnegie Museum, With Descriptions of Four New Species". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 11: 304-320 + Plates XXXII-XXXV. (Prionodactylus eigenmanni, new species, pp. 316–317 + Plate XXXV).


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