Cercosaura eigenmanni

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| image = Cercosaura eigenmanni 204506525.jpg

| image_caption = In Peru

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Aparicio J, Avila-Pires TCS, Moravec J, Perez P (2019). "Cercosaura eigenmanni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44578488A44578496. Downloaded on 20 July 2019.

| genus = Cercosaura

| species = eigenmanni

| authority = (Griffin, 1917)

| synonyms = *Prionodactylus eigenmanni
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Cercosaura eigenmanni
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Cercosaura eigenmanni, known commonly as Eigenmann's prionodactylus, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America.{{NRDB species|genus=Cercosaura|species=eigenmanni|accessdate=20 July 2019}}

Discovery

C. eigenmanni was discovered in 1917 by L.E. Griffin.{{Cite journal |last1=de Freitas |first1=Marco Antonio |last2=des de França |first2=Daniella Pereira Fagun |last3=Veríssimo |first3=Diogo |date=August 2011 |title=First record of Cercosaura eigenmanni (Griffin, 1917) (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) for the state of Acre, Brazil |url= |journal=Check List |volume=7 |issue=4 |pages=516 |doi=10.15560/7.4.516|doi-access=free }}File:Cercosaura eigenmanni 250446096.jpeg, Brazil]]

Description

Adults of C. eigenmanni may attain a snout-to-vent length of about {{cvt|4.5|cm|in}}.

Etymology

The specific name, eigenmanni, is in honor of German-born American ichthyologist Carl H. Eigenmann.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionaery of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Cercosaura eigenmanni, p. 81).

Geographic range

C. eigenmanni is found in Bolivia, Brazil (namely the states of Rondônia, Amazonas and Mato Grosso),Avila-Pires, T. C. S. (1995). Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 299(1), 1–706. and Peru.

Habitat

The preferred habitat of C. eigenmanni is forest at altitudes of {{convert|200|–|700|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

C. eigenmanni is oviparous.