Cercosaura schreibersii

Cercosaura schreibersii, known commonly as Schreibers's many-fingered teiid or the long-tailed little lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America.^[2]

Cercosaura schreibersii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Cercosaura
Species:	C. schreibersii
Binomial name
Cercosaura schreibersii Wiegmann, 1834
Synonyms[2]
Cercosaura schreibersii Wiegmann, 1834 Pantodactylus schreibersii — Boulenger, 1885 Cercosaura schreibersii — Bauer & R. Günther, 1994

Etymology

The specific name, schreibersii, is in honor of Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers.^[3]

Geographic range

C. schreibersii is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of C. schreibersii are forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland.^[1]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

• Cercosaura schreibersii albostrigatus (Griffin, 1917)
• Cercosaura schreibersii schreibersii Wiegmann, 1834

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Cercosaura.

Reproduction

C. schreibersii is oviparous.^[2]