Cercosaura parkeri (RUIBAL, 1952)

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Parker's Many-fingered Teiid Portuguese: Lagartinho-do-Folhiço-do-Pantanal
Synonym	Pantodactylus schreibersii parkeri RUIBAL 1952: 518 Pantodactylus schreibersii parkeri — MEIER 1983 Pantodactylus parkeri — TEDESCO & CEI 1999 Cercosaura parkeri — DOAN 2003 Cercosaura parkeri — LANGSTROTH 2005 Pantodactylus parkeri — BERNARDE 2016
Distribution	Bolivia (Amazonas, Beni), SE lowlands of Peru, Brazil (Mato Grosso), Argentina (Tucuman, Salta) Type locality: Buenavista, Departamento de Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Elevation: up to 2270 m (DOAN & LAMAR 2012).
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MCZ 20627, paraypes: MCZ, UMMZ, AMNH
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Differs from s. albostrigatus in not having longitudinal rows of black-tipped dorsal scales and in the females having a higher femoral pore count. It differs from s. schreibersit in having a lateral white stripe that passes through the lower half of the ear and along the side of the body. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1928 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
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Etymology	Named after Dr. Hampton Wildman Parker (1897-1968), an English zoologist who studied in Cambridge.
References	AVILA, LUCIANO JAVIER; LORENA ELIZABETH MARTINEZ & MARIANA MORANDO 2013. Checklist of lizards and amphisbaenians of Argentina: an update. Zootaxa 3616 (3): 201–238 - get paper here Barreto, D.S.; R.M. Valadão; C. Nogueira; C.P. Castro; V.L. Ferreira; C. Strüssmann 2012. New locality records, geographical distribution, and morphological variation in Cercosaura parkeri (Ruibal, 1952) (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from western Brazil. Check List 8(6):1365-1369 - get paper here Barros, R. A., O. Silva-Diogo, V. D. Silva-Alves, M. Santos-Filho, and D. J. Silva. 2025. Unraveling the Taxonomic, Functional, and Phylogenetic Diversity of Lizard Assemblages in Riparian Forest Areas in the Amazon–Pantanal Ecotone. Biotropica 57, no. 4: e70062 - get paper here Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Bernarde, Paulo Sergio 2016. Predation on the lizard Pantodactylus parkeri Ruibal, 1952 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) by Guira guira (Aves, Cuculidae) in the Pantanal at Pocone, Western Brazil. Herpetology Notes 9: 279-281 - 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 Dorado-Rodrigues, T. F., Pansonato, A., Mudrek, J. R., & Strüssmann, C. 2024. Amphibians and reptiles of urban area springs in the Cerrado savannah, Brazil. Herpetology Notes, 17, 109-131 Dorado-Rodrigues, T. F., Valadão, R. M., Valério, L. M., Castro, C. P. D., & Strüssmann, C. 2025. Herpetofauna from a protected area situated in a biogeographic transition zone in Central South America. Biota Neotropica, 25(1), e20241681 - get paper here Eversole, C. B., Powell, R. L., Rivas, L. R., & Lizarro, D. E. 2024. Reptile Biodiversity and Vulnerability in Bolivia’s Beni Department: Informing Conservation Priorities in a Neglected Frontier. Diversity, 16(6), 335 - get paper here Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here Langstroth, R.P. 2005. Adiciones probables y confirmadas para la saurofauna boliviana. Kempffiana 1 (1): 101-128 Meier,H. 1983. Beobachtungen an einigen Teiden aus dem bolivianischen Chaco [Ameiva ameiva, Teius cyanogaster, Cnemidophorus ocellifer, Pantodactylus schreibersii, Tupinambis rufescens]. Herpetofauna 5 (26): 30-34 - get paper here Peñaranda-Barrios, E.M. & J.M. Castro (Eds.). 2017. Huacareta, un área de exploración entre el bosque Tucumano boliviano, Chaco serrano y Chaqueño al sur de Bolivia. Historia Natural y Guía Ilustrada de Flora y Fauna. Shell Bolivia Corporation, Sucursal Bolivia-GeoAmbiente Ltda., Departamentos de Tarija y Chuquisaca-Bolivia. 495 p RIBEIRO-JÚNIOR, MARCO A. & SILVANA AMARAL 2017. Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae. Zootaxa 4269 (2): 151-196 - get paper here Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A. & Silvana Amaral 2016. Diversity, distribution, and conservation of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) in the Brazilian Amazonia. Neotropical Biodiversity, 2:1, 195-421 - get paper here Rivas, L. R., Eversole, C. B., & Powell, R. L. 2023. Urban herpetofauna of Trinidad, Beni Department, Bolivia. Herpetology Notes, 16, 399-410 - get paper here Rivas, L. R., Wallace, R., & Callapa, G. 2025. Herpetofauna of the Great Tectonic Lakes of Exaltación, Beni Department, Bolivia. Reptiles & Amphibians, 32(1), e21473-e21473 Ruibal, R. 1952. Revisionary studies of some South American Teiidae. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 106: 475-529 (477?)-529. - get paper here Tedesco M. E. and Cei J. M. 1999. Remarks on the taxonomic status of the Argentine subspecies of Pantodactylus schreibersii (Wiegmann, 1834) (Gymnophthalmidae, Scleroglossa, Squamata). Boll. Mus. Reg. Sci. Nat. Torino 16 (1–2): 309 – 320 Tedesco, M.E. 1998. Una nueva especie de Pantodactylus ( Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) de la provincia de Corrientes, República Argentina. Facena 14: 53-62 - get paper here
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