Cercosaura

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Superfamilia: Gymnophthalmoidea

Familia: Gymnophthalmidae
Subfamilia: Cercosaurinae
Tribus: Cercosaurini
Genus: Cercosaura
Species: C. ampuedae – C. argulus – C. dicrus – C. eigenmanni – C. goeleti – C. hypnoides – C. manicata – C. nigroventris – C. ocellata – C. oshaughnessyi – C. parkeri – C. phelpsorum – C. quadrilineata – C. schreibersii – C. steyeri – C. vertebralis
Name

Cercosaura Wagler, 1830
References
Primary references

Wagler, J.G. 1830. Natürliches System der Amphibien, mit vorangehender Classification der Säugetiere und Vögel. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie.. J.G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung: München, Stuttgart, & Tübingen. 354 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Doan, T.M. & Lamar, W.W. 2012. A new montane species of Cercosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Colombia, with notes on the distribution of the genus. Zootaxa 3565: 44–54. Preview Reference page. 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.[1]
Species

The genus Cercosaura contains the following recognized species:[2]

Cercosaura anomala Müller. 1923 – Anomalous cercosaura
Cercosaura anordosquama Sturaro, Rodrigues, Colli, Knowles & Avila-Pires, 2018
Cercosaura argulus W. Peters, 1863 – elegant eyed lizard, white-lipped prionodactylus
Cercosaura bassleri Ruibal, 1952 – ocellated tegu
Cercosaura doanae Echevarría, Barboza & Venegas, 2015
Cercosaura eigenmanni (Griffin, 1917) – Eigenmann's prionodactylus
Cercosaura hypnoides Doan & Lamar, 2012
Cercosaura manicata O'Shaughnessy, 1881 – slender prionodactylus
Cercosaura nigroventris (Gorzula & Señaris, 1999)
Cercosaura ocellata Wagler, 1830 – ocellated tegu
Cercosaura olivacea Gray, 1845 – olive tegu
Cercosaura oshaughnessyi (Boulenger, 1885) – white-striped eyed lizard
Cercosaura pacha Mamani, Chaparro, Correa, Alarcón, Salas, & Catenazzi. 2020
Cercosaura parkeri (Ruibal, 1952) – Parker's many-fingered teiid
Cercosaura phelpsorum (Lancini, 1968)
Cercosaura quadrilineata Boettger, 1876 – lined many-fingered teiid
Cercosaura schreibersii Wiegmann, 1834 – Schreibers' many-fingered teiid, long-tailed little lizard
Cercosaura steyeri (Tedesco, 1998)

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

Doan TM, Lamar WW (2012). "A new montane species of Cercosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Colombia, with notes on the distribution of the genus" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3565: 44–54. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3565.1.4.

Genus Cercosaura at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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).