Cercosaura parkeri, known commonly as Parker's many-fingered teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America.
Etymology The specific name, parkeri, is in honor of English herpetologist Hampton Wildman Parker.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cercosaura parkeri, p. 200).
Description Dorsally, Cercosaura parkeri is uniformly brown. Laterally, it has a white stripe which begins on the upper labials, passes through the lower half of the ear, and continues along the side of the body. This stripe extends at least to above the front leg, and in some specimens to above the hind leg.
Geographic distribution Cercosaura parkeri is found in Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta), Bolivia, Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rondônia), and possibly Peru.. www.reptile-database.org.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of Cercosaura parkeri is forest, but it has also been found in disturbed habitats including urban areas.
Reproduction Cercosaura parkeri is oviparous.
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Further reading
Bernarde, Paulo Sérgio; Mota da Silva, Ageane; Recoder, Renato (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. Doan, Tiffany M. (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 parkeri, new combination). Ruibal, Rodolfo (1952). "Revisionary Studies of Some South American Teiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 106 (11): 475–529. (Pantodactylus schreibersii parkeri, new subspecies, pp. 518–520). Tedesco ME, Cei JM (1999). "Remarks on the Taxonomic status of the Argentine subspecies of Pantodactylus schreibersii (Wiegmann, 1834) (Gymnophthalmidae, Scleroglossa, Squamata)". Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino 16: 309–320. (Pantodactylus parkeri, new status).