Cercosaura eigenmanni

Cercosaura eigenmanni
In Peru
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific 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

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]

Discovery

C. eigenmanni was discovered in 1917 by L.E. Griffin. ^[3]

Mato Grosso, Brazil

Description

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

Etymology

The specific name, eigenmanni, is in honor of German-born American ichthyologist Carl H. Eigenmann. ^[4]

Geographic range

C. eigenmanni is found in Bolivia, Brazil (namely the states of Rondônia, Amazonas and Mato Grosso), ^[5] and Peru. ^[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. de Freitas, Marco Antonio; des de França, Daniella Pereira Fagun; Veríssimo, Diogo (August 2011). "First record of Cercosaura eigenmanni (Griffin, 1917) (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) for the state of Acre, Brazil". Check List. 7 (4): 516. doi: 10.15560/7.4.516 .
4. 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).
5. Avila-Pires, T. C. S. (1995). Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 299(1), 1–706.

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 Society137 (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 List7 (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 Museum11: 304-320 + Plates XXXII-XXXV. (Prionodactylus eigenmanni, new species, pp. 316–317 + Plate XXXV).