| Cercosaura schreibersii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Cercosaura |
| Species: | C. schreibersii |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercosaura schreibersii Wiegmann, 1834 | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Cercosaura schreibersii, known commonly as Schreibers's many-fingered teiid or the long-tailed little lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America. [2]
The specific name, schreibersii, is in honor of Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers. [3]
C. schreibersii is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. [2]
The preferred natural habitats of C. schreibersii are forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland. [1]
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. [2]
Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Cercosaura.
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