Cercosaura olivacea
Cercosaura olivacea · described by (GRAY 1845)

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 olivacea
- First described
- (GRAY 1845)
- 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.
