Cercosaura bassleri

Cercosaura bassleri, known commonly as the ocellated tegu, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[1] The species is endemic to Peru.

Cercosaura bassleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Genus: Cercosaura
Species:
C. bassleri
Binomial name
Cercosaura bassleri
Ruibal, 1952
Synonyms[1]
  • Cercosaura ocellata bassleri
    Ruibal, 1952
  • Cercosaura bassleri
    Torres-Carvajal, Lobos & Venegas, 2015

Etymology

The specific name, bassleri, is in honor of Dr. Harvey Bassler of the American Museum of Natural History.[2]

Geographic range

Cercosaura bassleri is found on the eastern slopes of the Andes, in Perené District, Chanchamayo Province, Department of Junín, Peru.[1]

References

  1. Cercosaura bassleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 July 2019.
  2. Ruibal (1952). p. 478.

Further reading

  • Ruibal, Rodolfo (1952). "Revisionary Studies of Some South American Teiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, in Cambridge [Massachusetts] 106: 475–529. (Cercosaura ocellata bassleri, new subspecies, pp. 499-500 + Figure 3 on p. 526).
  • Sturaro, Marcelo José; Rodrigues, Miguel T.; Colli, Guarino R.; Knowles, L. Lacey; Avila-Pires, Teresa C.S. (2018). "Integrative taxonomy of the lizards Cercosaura ocellata species complex (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger 275: 37–65.
  • Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Lobos, Simón E.; Venegas, Pablo J. (2015). "Phylogeny of Neotropical Cercosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) lizards". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 93: 281–288. (Cercosaura bassleri, new status).



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