Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae
Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A.
Amaral, Silvana
Zootaxa
2017
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Wiegmann, 1834
Wiegmann
1834
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Reptilia
Gymnophthalmidae
Cercosaura
Animalia
Squamata
15
166
Chordata
species
schreibersii
Pertinent taxonomic references.Wiegmann (1834), Duméril & Bibron (1839), Peters (1863), Cope (1864), Boulenger (1885), Peracca (1894), Griffin (1917a), Ruibal (1952), Peters & Donoso-Barros (1970), Cei (1993), López & Cabrera (1995), Tedesco (1998), Tedesco & Cei (1999), Pellegrino et al.(2001), Doan (2003), Castoe et al.(2004), Hernando (2006), Echevarría et al. (2015), Torres-Carvajal et al. (2015), Goicoechea et al. (2016).
Distribution and habitat. Cercosaura schreibersiiis widespread in the central open vegetation areas of South America, occurring in Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay( Fig. 8). In Brazil, it is known from the states of Tocantins, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, and in the Distrito Federal. In Amazoniait occurs in enclaves of open vegetation in southern Rondôniaand northwestern Mato Grosso, in Brazil. Cercosaura schreibersiiis terrestrial and diurnal, inhabits semideciduous forests, dense cerrado, and open grassfields, where it is mainly found on the ground (Vitt 1991; Vaz-Silva et al.2007; Marques et al.2009; Nogueira et al.2009; Silva et al.2009; Smith et al.2011).