Species

Cercosaura nigroventris

Cercosaura nigroventris · described by (GORZULA & SENARIS 1999)

Cercosaura argulus, a close relative of Cercosaura nigroventris

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

The facts

Scientific name
Cercosaura nigroventris
First described
(GORZULA & SENARIS 1999)
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Gymnophthalmidae
Genus
Cercosaura

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree