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Cercosaura nigroventris (GORZULA & SENARIS, 1999)

IUCN Red List - Cercosaura nigroventris - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymPrionodactylus nigroventris GORZULA & SENARIS 1999
Cercosaura nigroventris — DOAN 2003 
DistributionVenezuela (Bolívar)

Type locality: Cerro Guanay, alto Río Paraguaza, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela (05° 55’ N, 66° 23’ W), 1650 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MHNLS 10718 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin nigro, black, dark and Latin venter, stomach, womb; belly. [“...For the black ventral surfaces of the adult male...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • 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
  • Gorzula, Stefan & Senaris, J. Celsa 1999. In: Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana. I: a data base. Scientia Guaianae, Caracas, No. 8 [1998], 269+ pp.; ISBN 980-6020-48-0
  • RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here
 
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