Cercosaura steyeri

Cercosaura steyeri is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Argentina.

Cercosaura steyeri
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Cercosaura
Species:	C. steyeri
Binomial name
Cercosaura steyeri (Tedesco, 1998)
Synonyms[2]
Pantodactylus steyeri Tedesco, 1998 Cercosaura steyeri — Bérnils et al., 2007

Etymology

The specific name, steyeri, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Ligia Steyer Krause.[3]

Geographic range

C. steyeri is found in Mercedes Department, Corrientes Province, Argentina.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitat of C. steyeri is savanna,[1] at altitudes of 0–100 m (0–328 ft)[2]

Reproduction

C. steyeri is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Arzamendia V, Fitzgerald L, Giraudo A, Kacoliris F, Montero R, Pelegrin N, Scrocchi G, Williams J (2017). "Cercosaura steyeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44578581A44578587. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44578581A44578587.en. Downloaded on 21 July 2019.
2. Cercosaura steyeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 July 2019.
3. 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

• 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).