Cercosaura manicata
Cercosaura manicata · described by O'SHAUGHNESSY 1881
Pictured: Cercosaura argulus, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.
Photo: [Photos G: Eloisa Mendonça A-F, H: M. A. de Freitas] Freitas MA, Vieira RS, Entiauspe-Neto OM, Sousa SO, Farias T, Souza AG, Moura GJB (2017) Herpetofauna of the Northwest Amazon forest in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, with remarks on the Gurupi Biological Reserve. ZooKeys 643: 141-155. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.643.8215, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The facts
- Scientific name
- Cercosaura manicata
- First described
- O'SHAUGHNESSY 1881
- Class
- Reptiles (Reptilia)
- Order
- Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
- Group
- Lizards (Sauria)
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Genus
- Cercosaura
- Subspecies
- Cercosaura manicata manicata O’SHAUGHNESSY 1881
- Cercosaura manicata bolivianus (WERNER 1899)
Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.