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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Cercosaura |
| Species: | C. bassleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercosaura bassleri Ruibal, 1952 | |
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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
- Cercosaura bassleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 July 2019.
- 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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