Cercosaura parkeri

Cercosaura parkeri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Cercosaura
Species:	C. parkeri
Binomial name
	Cercosaura parkeri; (Ruibal, 1952)
Synonyms
	Pantodactylus schreibersii parkeri; Ruibal, 1952; Pantodactylus parkeri; — Tedesco & Cei, 1999; Cercosaura parkeri; — Doan, 2003;

Last updated April 13, 2024

Cercosaura parkeri, known commonly as Parker's many-fingered teiid , is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, parkeri, is in honor of English herpetologist Hampton Wildman Parker.^[2]

Geographic range

C. parkeri is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.^[1]

Reproduction

C. parkeri is oviparous.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 Cercosaura parkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 21 July 2019.. www.reptile-database.org.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cercosaura parkeri, p. 200).

Bernarde, Paulo Sérgio; Mota da Silva, Ageane; Recoder, Renato (2016). "Predation on the lizard Pantodactylus parkeri Ruibal, 1952 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) by Guira guira (Aves, Cuculidae) in the Pantanal at Pocone, Western Brazil". Herpetology Notes9: 279–281.
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 parkeri, new combination).
Ruibal, Rodolfo (1952). "Revisionary Studies of Some South American Teiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College106 (11): 475–529. (Pantodactylus schreibersii parkeri, new subspecies, pp. 518–520).
Tedesco ME, Cei JM (1999). "Remarks on the Taxonomic status of the Argentine subspecies of Pantodactylus schreibersii (Wiegmann, 1834) (Gymnophthalmidae, Scleroglossa, Squamata)". Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino16: 309–320. (Pantodactylus parkeri, new status).

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[RDB-1] 1 2 3 Cercosaura parkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 21 July 2019.. www.reptile-database.org.

[2] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cercosaura parkeri, p. 200).

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