Species

Cercosaura quadrilineata

Cercosaura quadrilineata · described by BOETTGER 1876

Cercosaura argulus, a close relative of Cercosaura quadrilineata — 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 quadrilineata
First described: BOETTGER 1876
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