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Quick facts for kids Cercosaura schreibersii |
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Cercosaura
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schreibersii
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Cercosaura schreibersii, known commonly as Schreibers's many-fingered teiid or the long-tailed little lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America.
The specific name, schreibersii, is in honor of Austrian naturalist Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers.
C. schreibersii is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
The preferred natural habitats of C. schreibersii are forest, savanna, shrubland, and grassland.
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Cercosaura.
C. schreibersii is oviparous.
