Cercosaura phelpsorum

Cercosaura phelpsorum is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[2] The species is endemic to Venezuela.

Cercosaura phelpsorum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Cercosaura
Species:	C. phelpsorum
Binomial name
Cercosaura phelpsorum (Lancini, 1968)
Synonyms[2]
Euspondylus phelpsi Lancini, 1968 Euspondylus phelpsorum — C. Myers & Donnelly, 1996 Euspondylus goeleti C. Myers & Donnelly, 1996 Prionodactylus phelpsorum — Gorzula & Señaris, 1999 Cercosaura phelpsorum — Doan, 2003

Etymology

The specific name, phelpsorum (genitive plural), is in honor of American ornithologist William H. Phelps Sr. and his family.[3]

Geographic range

C. phelpsorum is found in the Venezuelan states of Amazonas and Bolívar.[2]

Habitat

The preferred habitats of C. phelpsorum are rocky areas and grassland, at altitudes of 1,450–2,550 m (4,760–8,370 ft).[1]

Reproduction

C. phelpsorum is oviparous.[2]

References

1. Rivas G, Schargel W (2016). "Cercosaura phelpsorum ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44578569A44578575. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578569A44578575.en. Downloaded on 21 July 2019.
2. Cercosaura phelpsorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 July 2019.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cercosaura phelpsorum, p. 205).

Further reading

• Doan TM (2003). "A new phylogenetic classification for the gymnophthalmid genera Cercosaura, Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137 (1): 101–115. (Cercosaura phelpsorum, new combination).
• Lancini AR (1968). "El genero Euspondylus (Sauria: Teiidae) en Venezuela ". Publicaciones Ocasionales del Museo de Ciencias Naturales, Caracas 12: 1–8. (Euspondylus phelpsi, new species). (in Spanish).
• Myers CW, Donnelly MA (1996). "A New Herpetofauna from Cerro Yaví, Venezuela: First Results of the Robert G. Goelet American Museum – Terramar Expedition to the Northwestern Tepuis". American Museum Novitates (3172): 1-56. (Euspondylus phelpsorum, emendation, p. 23; E. goeleti, new species, pp. 23–30, Figures 16-20).