Cercosaura steyeri

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Cercosaura steyeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Cercosaura
Species:
C. steyeri
Binomial name
Cercosaura steyeri
(Tedesco, 1998)
Synonyms [2]
  • Pantodactylus steyeri
    Tedesco, 1998
  • Cercosaura steyeri
    Bérnils et al., 2007

Cercosaura steyeri is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. [2] The species is endemic to Argentina.

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Etymology

The specific name, steyeri, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Ligia Steyer Krause. [3]

Geographic range

C. steyeri is found in Mercedes Department, Corrientes Province, Argentina. [2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of C. steyeri is savanna, [1] at altitudes of 0–100 m (0–328 ft) [2]

Reproduction

C. steyeri is oviparous. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Arzamendia V, Fitzgerald L, Giraudo A, Kacoliris F, Montero R, Pelegrin N, Scrocchi G, Williams J (2017). "Cercosaura steyeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44578581A44578587. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44578581A44578587.en. Downloaded on 21 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Cercosaura steyeri 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 steyeri, p. 254).

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