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Cercosaura eigenmanni (GRIFFIN, 1917)

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Eigenmann's Cercosaura
Portuguese: Calango-da-Máscara-Branca, Calanguinho-de-Máscara, Lagartinho-de-Máscara, Lagartinho-de-Máscara-Branca, Lagarto-do-Folhiço 
SynonymPrionodactylus eigenmanni GRIFFIN 1917: 316
Prionodactylus eigenmanni — PETERS et al. 1970: 235
Prionodactylus eigenmanni — AVILA-PIRES 1995: 463
Prionodactylus eigenmanni — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Cercosaura eigenmanni — DOAN 2003
Prionodactylus eigenmanni — MORAVEC & APARICIO 2005
Cercosaura eigenmani — FERRÃO et al. 2012 (in error)
Cersosaura eigeinmanni — SILVA-ARAÚJO et al. 2020 (in error) 
DistributionBolivia (Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Rondonia, Mato Grosso, Acre, Amazonas), Peru

Elevation: 200–700 m (DOAN & LAMAR 2012).

Type locality: Provincia del Sara, Bolivia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CM 981 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Frontonasal single. Loreal in contact with supralabials. Scales around midbody 26-32, transverse rows of dorsals 31-36. Males with 6-7 femoral pores, absent in females. Subdigital lamellae with single and double tubercles, 12-15 under fourth toe. Sides of head brown, with white vertical bars across labials (from Avila-Pires 1995: 464).


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EtymologyNamed after Professor Dr. Carl Henry Eigenmann (1863-1927), German-born American ichthyologist. He was Curator, San Diego Natural History Society (1888), then became Professor of Zoology, Indiana University (1891). 
References
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