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Taxonomy of the genus Cercosaura Biodiversity of the family Gymnophthalmidae

Bibliography of the genus
Cercosaura (Eastern Shade Tejus)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Cercosaura in general

Doan, T.M. 2003. A new phylogenetic classification for the gymnophthalmid genera Cercosaura, Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137(1): 101-115.

Goicoechea, N.; Frost, D.R.; Riva, I. de la; Pellegrino, K.C.M.; Sites, J.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Padial, J.M. 2016. Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment. Cladistics 32(6): 624-671.

Griffin, L.E. 1917. A synopsis of the saurian genus Prionodactylus. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 11: 428-429.

Milstead, W.W. 1972. Toward a quantification of the ecological niche. American Midland Naturalist 87(2): 346-354.

Sturaro, M.J.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Colli, G.R.; Knowles, L.L.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2018. Integrative taxonomy of the lizards Cercosaura ocellata species complex (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 275: 37-65.

Taylor, E.H. 1949. Two new teiid lizards from Costa Rica. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 33(1): 271-278.

Uzzell, T.M. 1958. Teiid lizards related to Proctoporus luctuosus with the description of a new species from Venezuela. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan 597: 15 pp.

Uzzell, T.M. 1973. A revision of lizards of the genus Prionodactylus, with a new genus for P. leucostictus and notes on the genus Euspondylus (Sauria, Teiidae). Postilla 159: 1-67.

Cercosaura anomala

Reeder, T.W. 1996. A new species of Pholidobolus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Huancabamba Depression of northern Peru. Herpetologica 52(2): 282-289.

Torres-Carvajal, O.; Mafla-Endara, P. 2013. Evolutionary history of Andean Pholidobolus and Macropholidus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) lizards. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(2): 212-217.

Cercosaura anordosquama

Sturaro, M.J.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Colli, G.R.; Knowles, L.L.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2018. Integrative taxonomy of the lizards Cercosaura ocellata species complex (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 275: 37-65.

Cercosaura argulus

Andersson, L.G. 1914. A new Telmatobius and new teiidoid lizards from South America. Arkiv. för Zoologi (Stockholm) 9(3): 1-12.

Doan, T.M.; Neff, S.E.; Adams, A.L.; Ruiz, S.; Valentine, K.E. 2011. Natural history notes: Cercosaura argulus (Elegant Eyed Lizard). Arboreal behavior. Herpetological Review 42(4): 599-600.

Freitas, M.A. de; Oliveira e Sousa, S.; Saldanha Vieira, R.; Farias, T.; Barbosa de Moura, G.J. 2013. First record of Cercosaura argulus (Peters, 1863) (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) for the state of Maranhao, Brazil. Check List 9(6): 1541-1542.

Marinho Lima, A.C. 1997. Geographic distribution: Prionodactylus argulus. Herpetological Review 28(3): 157.

Quintana, P. de la 2017. Natural history notes: Clelia clelia (Mussurana). Diet. Herpetological Review 48(3): 668.

Vitt, L.J.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Zani, P.A.; Esposito, M.C.; Sartorius, S.S. 2003. Life at the interface: Ecology of Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi in the western Amazon and comparisons with P. argulus and P. eigenmanni. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81(2): 302-312.

Waldez, F.; Vogt, R.C. 2006. Geographic distribution: Cercosaura argulus (Elegant Eyed Lizard). Herpetological Review 37(4): 493-494.

Cercosaura doanae

Echevarría, L.Y.; Barboza, A.C.; Venegas, P.J. 2015. A new species of montane gymnophthalmid lizard, genus Cercosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), from the Amazon slope of northern Peru. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 9(1): 34-44.

Cercosaura eigenmanni

Freitas, M.A. de; França, D.P.F. de; Veríssimo, D. 2011. First record of Cercosaura eigenmanni (Griffin, 1917) (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) for the state of Acre, Brazil. Check List 7(4): 516.

Griffin, L.E. 1917. A list of the South American lizards of the Carnegie Museum, with description of four new species. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 11: 304-320.

Marinho Lima, A.C. 1997. Geographic distribution: Prionodactylus eigenmanni. Herpetological Review 28(3): 157-158.

Strüssmann, C.; Carvalho, M.A. de 1998. New herpetological records for the state of Mato Grosso, western Brazil. Herpetological Review 29(3): 183-185.

Vitt, L.J.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Zani, P.A.; Esposito, M.C.; Sartorius, S.S. 2003. Life at the interface: Ecology of Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi in the western Amazon and comparisons with P. argulus and P. eigenmanni. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81(2): 302-312.

Vitt, L.J.; Caldwell, J.P. 1994. Resource utilization and guild structure of small vertebrates in the Amazon forest leaf litter. Journal of Zoology (London) 234(3): 463-476.

Cercosaura goeleti

Fuentes, O.; Rivas-Fuenmayor, G.A. 2000. Geographic distribution: Euspondylus goeleti. Herpetological Review 31(3): 181-182.

Mijares-Urrutia, A. 2000. Taxonomia de algunos microteidos de Venezuela (Squamata), II: situacion nomenclatural de Prionodactylus ampuedai y Prionodactylus phelpsorum. Revista de Biologia Tropical 48(2-3): 681-688.

Myers, C.W.; Donnelly, M.A. 1996. A new herpetofauna from Cerro Yaví, Venezuela: first results of the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-TERRAMAR Expedition to the northwestern tepuis. American Museum Novitates 3172: 1-56.

Myers, C.W.; Donnelly, M.A. 2001. Herpetofauna of the Yutajé-Corocoro Massif, Venezuela: second report from the Robert G. Goelet American museum-Terramar Expedition to the northwestern tepuis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 261: 1-85.

Cercosaura hypnoides

Doan, T.M.; Lamar, W.W. 2012. A new montane species of Cercosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from Colombia, with notes on the distribution of the genus. Zootaxa 3565: 44-54.

Cercosaura nigroventris

Gorzula, S.; Senaris, J.C. 1999. Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana 1. A data base. Scientia Guaianae 8: 1-269.

Cercosaura ocellata

Dantas Sales, R.F.; Silva, J.J. da; Meira-Ribeiro, M.; Freire, E.M.X. 2014. New record of Cercosaura ocellata Wagler, 1830 (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in northeastern Brazil, with a distribution map for the species in South America. Check List 10(6): 1531-1534.

Dias Ledo, R.M.; Colli, G.R. 2016. Silent death: the New Brazilian Forest Code does not protect lizard assemblages in cerrado riparian forests. South American Journal of Herpetology 11(2): 98–109.

Molina, C. 2001. Geographic distribution: Cercosaura ocellata ocellata (Black-striped Shade Lizard). Herpetological Review 32(4): 275.

Noronha-Oliveira, M.V.; De-Carvalho, C.B.; Freitas, E.B. de; Gomes Faria, R. 2012. Geographic distribution: Cercosaura ocellata (Ocellated Tegu). Brazil: Sergipe. Herpetological Review 43(4): 617-618.

Novelli, I.A.; Silva, L.P. da; Carvalho, R.G. de; Santos, R.C.; Sousa, B.M. de 2012. Lagartos de áreas de cerrado na Reserva Biológica Unilavras-Boqueirão, Ingaí, Sul de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Biota Neotropica 12(3): 147-153.

Oliveira, C.N. de; Barbosa de Moura, G.J. 2013. Cercosaura ocellata Wagler, 1830 (Lacertilia, Gymnophthalmidae): distribution extension of Northeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica 13(3): 387-389.

Sturaro, M.J.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Colli, G.R.; Knowles, L.L.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2018. Integrative taxonomy of the lizards Cercosaura ocellata species complex (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 275: 37-65.

Cercosaura olivacea

Calamante, C.; Alvarez, B.B. 2003. Microestructura de las escamas epidermicas encinco especies de Gymnophthalmidae de Argentina. Revista Española de Herpetología 17: 77-86.

Smith, P.; Cacciali, P.; Atkinson, K.; Kallberg, A.; Pheasey, H. 2011. [New records of Gymnophthalmidae (Reptilia: Sauria) from the Laguna Blanca Natural Reserve, San Pedro Department, Paraguay, and an identification key for Paraguayan species of the family]. (In Spanish). Notulas Faunisticas 81: 1-6.

Sturaro, M.J.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Colli, G.R.; Knowles, L.L.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 2018. Integrative taxonomy of the lizards Cercosaura ocellata species complex (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 275: 37-65.

Tedesco, M.E.; Aguirre, R.H. 1998. Cercosaura ocellata petersi Ruibal, 1952 (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). Nuevo registro para la lacertofauna de la Republica Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetologia 12(1): 53.

Cercosaura oshaughnessyi

Vitt, L.J.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Zani, P.A.; Esposito, M.C.; Sartorius, S.S. 2003. Life at the interface: Ecology of Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi in the western Amazon and comparisons with P. argulus and P. eigenmanni. Canadian Journal of Zoology 81(2): 302-312.

Cercosaura parkeri

Bernarde, P.S.; Silva, A.M. da; Recoder, R. 2016. Predation on the lizard Pantodactylus parkeri Ruibal, 1952 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) by Guira guira (Aves, Cuculidae) in the Pantanal at Pocone, Western Brazil. Herpetology Notes 9: 279-281.

Soares Barreto, D.; Valadao, R.M.; Nogueira, C.; Castro, C.P. de; Ferreira, V.L.; Strüssmann, C. 2012. New locality records, geographical distribution, and morphological variation in Cercosaura parkeri (Ruibal, 1952) (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from western Brazil. Check List 8(6): 1365-1369.

Viñas, M.; Daneri, G. 1991. Pantodactylus screiberssi parkeri Ruibal 1952 (Sauria, Teiidae), para el noroeste argentino. Boletin Asociacion Herpetologica Argentina 6(1): 10-11.

Cercosaura phelpsorum

Gorzula, S.; Senaris, J.C. 1999. Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana 1. A data base. Scientia Guaianae 8: 1-269.

Mijares-Urrutia, A. 2000. Taxonomia de algunos microteidos de Venezuela (Squamata), II: situacion nomenclatural de Prionodactylus ampuedai y Prionodactylus phelpsorum. Revista de Biologia Tropical 48(2-3): 681-688.

Cercosaura quadrilineata

Vanzolini, P.E. 1948. Sobre um novo Pantodactylus do estado de Minas Gerais (Sauria, Teiidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 8(27): 337-340.

Cercosaura schreibersii

Albuquerque, S. de 2010. Natural history notes: Tropidurus oreadicus (NCN). Cannibalism and prey. Herpetological Review 41(2): 231-232.

Balestrin, R.L.; Cappellari, L.H.; Outeiral, A.B. 2010. Biologia reprodutiva de Cercosaura schreibersii (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) e Cnemidophorus lacertoides (Squamata, Teiidae) no Escudo Sul-Riograndense, Brasil. Biota Neotropica 10(1): 131-139.

Borges, L.M.; Rosa, C.M. da; Abegg, A.D.; Casás, G. 2016. Natural history notes: Cercosaura schreibersii (Schreiber's Many-fingered Teiid). Predation. Herpetological Review 47(4): 667.

Bressan, R.F.; Matias, N.R.; Lang, L.F.; Verrastro, L.; Francisco, R.F. 2017. Natural history notes: Cercosaura schreibersii (Schreibers’ Many-fingered Teiid). Predation. Herpetological Review 48(1): 187-188.

Cacciali, P.; Bauer, F. 2003. Natural history notes: Pantodactylus schreibersi (NCN). Habitat and diet. Herpetological Review 34(4): 370.

Carreira, S.; Lombardo, I. 2007. Natural history notes: Lystrophis histricus (Rayed or Jan's Hog-nosed Snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 38(2): 208.

Cossovich, S.; Aun, L.; Martori, R. 2011. Análisis trófico de la herpetofauna de la localidad de Alto Alegre (Depto. Unión, Córdoba, Argentina). Cuadernos de Herpetologia 25(1): 11-19.

Dias Ledo, R.M.; Colli, G.R. 2016. Silent death: the New Brazilian Forest Code does not protect lizard assemblages in cerrado riparian forests. South American Journal of Herpetology 11(2): 98–109.

Griffin, L.E. 1917. A list of the South American lizards of the Carnegie Museum, with description of four new species. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 11: 304-320.

Gudynas, E. 1985. Notas sobre teiidos del Uruguay (Lacertilia: Teiidae), 1. Nuevos registros y distribucion geografica de Tupinambis teguixin, Teius teyou, Cnemidophorus lacertoides y Pantodactylus schreibersii schreibersii. Contribuciones en Biologia Centro Educativo Don Orione 12: 9-17.

Hernando, A. 2006. Karyotypic characterization of the microteiid lizard Cercosaura schreibersii schreibersii (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) including a chromosomal polymorphism. Russian Journal of Herpetology 13(2): 93-96.

Lopez, A.M.; Cabrera, M.R. 1995. Osteologia craneal de Pantodactylus schreibersii schreibersii (Wiegmann, 1834) y su contribucion a la discusion de Gymnophthalmidae (Reptilia). Anales del Museo de Historia Natural de Valparaiso 23: 53-62.

Milstead, W.W. 1961. Notes on teiid lizards in southern Brazil. Copeia 4: 493-495.

Peracca, M.G. 1894. Descrizione di una nuova specie del genere Pantodactylus. Boll. Mus. Torino 9(176): Unpaginated.

Santos, M.B. dos; Marques, C.; Carrasco, D.; Nascimento, L.V. do; Tozetti, A.M. 2012. Natural history notes: Cercosaura schreibersii. Diet. Herpetological Review 43(1): 130-131.

Smith, P.; Cacciali, P.; Atkinson, K.; Kallberg, A.; Pheasey, H. 2011. [New records of Gymnophthalmidae (Reptilia: Sauria) from the Laguna Blanca Natural Reserve, San Pedro Department, Paraguay, and an identification key for Paraguayan species of the family]. (In Spanish). Notulas Faunisticas 81: 1-6.

Tedesco, M.E.; Cei, J.M. 1999. Remarks on the taxonomic status of the Argentine subspecies of Pantodactylus schreibersii (Wiegmann, 1834) (Gymnophthalmidae, Scleroglossa, Squamata). Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Bollettino (Turin) 16(1-2): 309-320.

Tedesco, M.E.; Cespedez, J.A.; Alvarez, B.B. 2006. Albinismo en Cercosaura schreibersii (Wiegmann, 1834) (Sauria: Gymnophthalmidae) en el nordeste Argentino. Boletin de la Asociacion Herpetologica Espanola 16(1-2): 30-32.

Tedesco, M.E.; Céspedez, J.M.; Céspedez, J.A.; Romero, M. 2013. Natural history notes: Cercosaura schreibersii (Long-tailed Little Lizard). Defensive behavior. Herpetological Review 44(2): 320.

Cercosaura steyeri

Tedesco, M.E. 1998. Una nueva especie de Pantodactylus (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) de la provincia de Corrientes, República Argentina. Facena 14: 53-62.