Cercosaura steyeri is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Argentina.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Genus: | Cercosaura |
| Species: | C. steyeri
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| Cercosaura steyeri (Tedesco, 1998)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, steyeri, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Ligia Steyer Krause.[3]
Geographic range
editC. steyeri is found in Mercedes Department, Corrientes Province, Argentina.[2]
Habitat
editThe preferred habitat of C. steyeri is savanna,[1] at altitudes of 0–100 m (0–328 ft)[2]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2017). "Cercosaura steyeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T44578581A44578587. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44578581A44578587.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Cercosaura steyeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 July 2019.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cercosaura steyeri, p. 254).
Further reading
edit- Avila LJ, Martinez LE, Morando M (2013). "Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update". Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Tedesco ME (1998). "Una nueva especie de Pantodactylus (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) de la provincia de Corrientes, República Argentina". Facena 14: 53–62. (Pantodactylus steyeri, new species). (in Spanish).
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