Cercosaura parkeri, known commonly as Parker's many-fingered teiid , is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America.
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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. parkeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Cercosaura parkeri (Ruibal, 1952)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, parkeri, is in honor of English herpetologist Hampton Wildman Parker.[2]
Geographic range edit
C. parkeri is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Cercosaura parkeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 July 2019.. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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 parkeri, p. 200).
Further reading edit
- Bernarde, Paulo Sérgio; Mota da Silva, Ageane; Recoder, Renato (2016). "Predation on the lizard Pantodactylus parkeri Ruibal, 1952 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) by Guira guira (Aves, Cuculidae) in the Pantanal at Pocone, Western Brazil". Herpetology Notes 9: 279–281.
- Doan, Tiffany M. (2003). "A new phylogenetic classification for the gymnophthalmid genera Cercosaura, Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137 (1): 101–115. (Cercosaura parkeri, new combination).
- Ruibal, Rodolfo (1952). "Revisionary Studies of Some South American Teiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 106 (11): 475–529. (Pantodactylus schreibersii parkeri, new subspecies, pp. 518–520).
- Tedesco ME, Cei JM (1999). "Remarks on the Taxonomic status of the Argentine subspecies of Pantodactylus schreibersii (Wiegmann, 1834) (Gymnophthalmidae, Scleroglossa, Squamata)". Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino 16: 309–320. (Pantodactylus parkeri, new status).
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