Cercosaura
Cercosaura is a genus of lizards in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Taxonomy
The genus Cercosaura includes 18 species according to studies that transfer species from the two genera Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus to this genus.Species
The genus Cercosaura contains the following recognized species:- Cercosaura anomala – anomalous cercosaura
- Cercosaura anordosquama
- Cercosaura argulus – elegant eyed lizard, white-lipped prionodactylus
- Cercosaura bassleri – ocellated tegu
- Cercosaura doanae
- Cercosaura eigenmanni – Eigenmann's prionodactylus
- Cercosaura hypnoides
- Cercosaura manicata – slender prionodactylus
- Cercosaura nigroventris
- Cercosaura ocellata – ocellated tegu
- Cercosaura olivacea – olive tegu
- Cercosaura oshaughnessyi – white-striped eyed lizard
- Cercosaura pacha
- Cercosaura parkeri – Parker's many-fingered teiid
- Cercosaura phelpsorum
- Cercosaura quadrilineata – lined many-fingered teiid
- Cercosaura schreibersii – Schreibers' many-fingered teiid, long-tailed little lizard
- Cercosaura steyeri