Cercosaura schreibersii facts for kids
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Cercosaura
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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.
Etymology
The specific name, schreibersii, is in honor of Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers.
Geographic range
C. schreibersii is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of C. schreibersii are forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- 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.
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