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Cercosaura manicata O’SHAUGHNESSY, 1881

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesCercosaura manicata manicata O’SHAUGHNESSY 1881
Cercosaura manicata bolivianus (WERNER 1899) 
Common NamesE: Slender Cercosaura 
SynonymCercosaura (Prionodactylus) manicata O’SHAUGHNESSY 1881: 231
Prionodactylus manicatus — BOULENGER 1885: 393
Prionodactylus manicatus — WERNER 1916: 307
Prionodactylus manicatus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 235
Prionodactylus manicatus — DUELLMAN 1978: 221
Prionodactylus manicatus — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Cercosaura manicata — DOAN 2003
Cercosaura manicatus — CATENAZZI et al. 2013
Cercosaura manicata manicata — ECHEVARRIA et al. 2015

Cercosaura manicata bolivianus (WERNER 1899)
Prionodactylus bolivianus WERNER 1899: 481
Prionodactylus Ockendeni BOULENGER 1907: 486
Prionodactylus bolivianus — WERNER 1916: 307
Prionodactylus ockendeni — WERNER 1916: 307
Cercosaura manicata boliviana — DOAN 2003
Cercosaura manicata boliviana — ECHEVARRIA et al. 2015 
DistributionEcuador, Peru, Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz), Colombia (Nariño:San Juan de Pasto; Chachaui; Funes; Cauca: Bolivar above 1500 m [pers. comm., F. Castro, 22 Jan 2019])

Elevation: 300–1800 m (DOAN & LAMAR 2012).

Type locality: Canelos and Pallatanga, Ecuador.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.8.2.1 (80.1.2.88), 1946.8.31.15-17 (80.12.8.5-7) 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy and subspecies after PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970.

Subspecies: Cercosaura manicata bolivianus is not closely related to Cercosaura but rather a sister clade of Potamites. Mamani et al. 2020 propose to maintain the name “Cercosaura manicata boliviana” as incertae sedis (unknown status). Mamani et al. 2022 still used the name but left it’s affiliation open. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin manicata, having long sleeves [“...Another isolated white patch is seen on the fore part of the upper arm, near the body...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1907. Descriptions of new lizards in the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 19: 486-489. - get paper here
  • Catenazzi, A., and P. J. Venegas 2012. Anfibios y reptiles/Amphibians and reptiles. in: N. Pitman, E. Ruelas Inzunza, D. Alvira, C. Vriesendorp, D. K. Moskovits, Á. del Campo, T. Wachter, D. F. Stotz, S. Noningo Sesén, E. Tuesta Cerrón, y/and R. C. Smith, eds. Perú: Cerros de Kampankis. R The Field Museum, Chicago, pp. 106–117, 260–271, 348–365 - get paper here
  • CATENAZZI, A., LEHR, E. & VON MAY, R. 2013. The amphibians and reptiles of Manu National Park and its buffer zone, Amazon basin and eastern slopes of the Andes, Peru. Biota Neotropica 13 (4): 269-283
  • Dirksen, L. & De la Riva, I. 1999. The lizards and amphisbaenians of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata): checklist, localities, and bibliography. Graellsia 55: 199-215 - get paper here
  • Doan, T.M. 2003. A new phylogenetic classification for the gymnophthalmid genera Cercosaura, Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata). Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 137 (1): 101-115 - get paper here
  • Duellman, W. E. 1978. The biology of an equatorial herpetofauna in Amazonian Ecuador. Misc. Publ. Univ. Kans. Mus. Nat. Hist. 65: 1-352 - get paper here
  • Echevarría LY, Barboza AC, Venegas PJ. 2015. A new species of montane gymnophthalmid lizard, genus Cercosaura (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), from the Amazon slope of northern Peru. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 9(1): 34–44 (e109) - get paper here
  • Fugler, C. M. 1989. Lista de Saurios. Ecol. Bolivia 13: 57-75.
  • Mamani, L.; Cruz, R.; Mallqui, S.; Catenazzi, A. 2022. Molecular Phylogenetics and Comparative Examination of Voucher Museums Reveal Two New Species of Gymnophthalmid Lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Peruvian Andes, with Comments on Proctoporus guentheri (Boettger, 1891). Diversity 14: 215 - get paper here
  • Mamani, Luis, Juan C Chaparro, Claudio Correa, Consuelo Alarcón, Cinthya Y Salas, and Alessandro Catenazzi. 2020. A New Species of Andean Gymnophthalmid Lizard (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Peruvian Andes, and Resolution of Some Taxonomic Problems. Diversity 12 (9): 361 - get paper here
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  • Werner,F. 1916. Bemerkungen über einige niedere Wirbeltiere der Anden von Kolumbien mit Beschreibungen neuer Arten. Zool. Anz. 47: 301-311 - get paper here
 
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