Cercosaura phelpsorum

Cercosaura phelpsorum
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Cercosaura
Species:	C. phelpsorum
Binomial name
	Cercosaura phelpsorum; (Lancini, 1968)
Synonyms
	Euspondylus phelpsi; Lancini, 1968; Euspondylus phelpsorum; — C. Myers & Donnelly, 1996; Euspondylus goeleti; C. Myers & Donnelly, 1996; Prionodactylus phelpsorum; — Gorzula & Señaris, 1999; Cercosaura phelpsorum; — Doan, 2003;

Last updated September 30, 2025

Cercosaura phelpsorum is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.^[2] The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Etymology

The specific name, phelpsorum (genitive plural), is in honor of American ornithologist William H. Phelps Sr. and his family.^[3]

Geographic range

C. phelpsorum is found in the Venezuelan states of Amazonas and Bolívar.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of C. phelpsorum are rocky areas and grassland, at altitudes of 1,450–2,550 m (4,760–8,370 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

C. phelpsorum is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Cercosaura phelpsorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T44578569A44578575. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578569A44578575.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 Cercosaura phelpsorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 21 July 2019.
↑ 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 phelpsorum, p. 205).

Doan TM (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 phelpsorum, new combination).
Lancini AR (1968). "El genero Euspondylus (Sauria: Teiidae) en Venezuela ". Publicaciones Ocasionales del Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas12: 1–8. (Euspondylus phelpsi, new species). (in Spanish).
Myers CW, Donnelly MA (1996). "A New Herpetofauna from Cerro Yaví, Venezuela: First Results of the Robert G. Goelet American Museum – Terramar Expedition to the Northwestern Tepuis". American Museum Novitates (3172): 1-56. (Euspondylus phelpsorum, emendation, p. 23; E. goeleti, new species, pp. 23–30, Figures 16–20).

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Cercosaura phelpsorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T44578569A44578575. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578569A44578575.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 Cercosaura phelpsorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 21 July 2019.

[3] 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 phelpsorum, p. 205).

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