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Cercosaura
Cercosaura is a genus of primarily South American lizards. The genus includes 13 species according to studies that transfer species from the two genera Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus to this genus.
18 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 18 known species

Schreibers' Many-fingered Teiid
speciesCercosaura schreibersii

Elegant Eyed Lizard
speciesCercosaura argulus

White-Striped Eyed Lizard
speciesCercosaura oshaughnessyi

Eigenmann's Eyed Lizard
speciesCercosaura eigenmanni
Ocellated Tegu
speciesCercosaura ocellata

Parker's Many-fingered Teiid
speciesCercosaura parkeri

Cercosaura olivacea
speciesCercosaura olivacea

Black-striped Forest Lizard
speciesCercosaura bassleri

Cercosaura hypnoides
speciesCercosaura hypnoides

Strange Pholiodobolus
speciesCercosaura anomala
Slender Prionodactylus
speciesCercosaura manicata

Lined Many-fingered Teiid
speciesCercosaura quadrilineata
Cercosaura phelpsorum
speciesCercosaura phelpsorum
Cercosaura doanae
speciesCercosaura doanae
Cercosaura anordosquama
speciesCercosaura anordosquama
Cercosaura pacha
speciesCercosaura pacha
Cercosaura nigroventris
speciesCercosaura nigroventris
Cercosaura steyeri
speciesCercosaura steyeri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 34753.