Cercosaura phelpsorum

Cercosaura phelpsorum
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Cercosaura
Species:	C. phelpsorum
Binomial name
	Cercosaura phelpsorum; (Lancini, 1968)
Synonyms
	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;

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

Etymology

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

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

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

C. phelpsorum is oviparous.

1 2 Rivas, G.; Schargel, W. (2016). "Cercosaura phelpsorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T44578569A44578575. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44578569A44578575.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 Cercosaura phelpsorum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 July 2019.
↑ 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).

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).

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Cercosaura phelpsorum
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Gymnophthalmidae
Genus:	Cercosaura
Species:	C. phelpsorum
Binomial name
*Cercosaura phelpsorum* (Lancini, 1968)
Synonyms
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