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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesCercosaura schreibersii schreibersii WIEGMANN 1834
Cercosaura schreibersii albostrigatus (GRIFFIN 1917) 
Common NamesE: Long-tailed little lizard, Schreibers' Many-fingered Teiid
Portuguese: Lagartinho-do-Folhiço, Lagartinho-de-Máscara, Lagartinho-do-Rabo-Grande, Lagartinho-Liso, Lagartixa, Lagartixa-Comum, Lagartixa-Marrom 
SynonymCercosaura schreibersii WIEGMANN 1834: 10
Pantodactylus schreibersii — BOULENGER 1885: 358
Pantodactylus schreibersi — GALLARDO 1966: 26
Cercosaura schreibersii — BAUER & GÜNTHER 1994
Pantodactylus schreibersii — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Cercosaura schreibersii — DOAN 2003
Cercosaura schreibersii — ZARACHO et al. 2014
Pantodactylus schreibersii — GOICOECHEA et al. 2016
Cercosaura schreibersii — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2016

Cercosaura schreibersii schreibersii WIEGMANN 1834
Pantodactylus d’Orbignyi DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 431
Pantodactylus bivittatus COPE 1864: 103
Pantodactylus borelli PERACCA 1894
Pantodactylus schreibersii schreibersii — RUIBAL 1952: 518
Pantodactylus schreibersii schreibersii — PETERS et al. 1970: 217
Pantodactylus schreibersii schreibersii — CEI 1993

Cercosaura schreibersii albostrigatus (GRIFFIN 1917)
Prionodactylus albostrigatus GRIFFIN 1917: 314
Pantodactylus schreibersii albostrigatus — RUIBAL 1952: 517
Pantodactylus schreibersii albostrigatus — PETERS et al. 1970: 218
Cercosaura schreibersii albostrigata — DOAN 2003 
DistributionArgentina (Tucumán, Jujuy, Salta, Formosa, Corrientes),
Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija), S Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Goiás, São Paulo)

schreibersii: N Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, S Brazil; Type locality: Brazil.

albostrigatus: Brazil (Minas Gerais to Mato Grosso); Type locality: Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Elevation: 0–600 m (DOAN & LAMAR 2012).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 898
Holotype: CM 952 [albostrigatus]
Holotype: USNM 31279 [Pantodactylus bivittatus] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3022 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy partly after CEI 1993 and PETERS et al. 1970.

Type: MSNTO R2173 [Pantodactylus borelli PERACCA 1894]

Pantodactylus schreibersii parkeri RUIBAL 1952 has been elevated to full species status.

Type species: Pantodactylus d’Orbignyi DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839 is the type species of the genus Pantodactylus d’Orbignyi DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839.

Phylogenetics: Pantodactylus clearly nests within Cercosaura, hence the resurrection by GOICOECHEA et al. 2016 doesn’t seem to be justified (TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2016). 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers (1775-1852), a zoologist who collected in Brazil (1817). 
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