Cercosaura Eigenmanni

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G Marco Antonio de Freitas , Daniella Pereira Fagundes de França and Diogo Veríssimo n o 1 Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio). Rua do INCRA S/N. CEP 69932-000. Brasiléia, AC, Brasil. 2 Universidade Federal do Acre –[email protected] UFAC, Campus Universitário. BR 364, Km 04, Distrito Industrial. CEP 69915-900. Rio Branco, AC, Brasil. otes 3 University of Kent, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology. Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NR, UK. N * Corresponding author. E-mail:

Abstract: Cercosaura eigenmanni

A female specimen of (Griffin, 1917) was found during fieldwork in the Extractive Reserve Chico Mendes, municipality of Brasiléia, state of Acre, Brazil. This is the first record of the species for this state, extending the known distribution of the species by 465 km.

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(Griffin, 1917) is a small This is the first record of for the lizard of the family Gymnophthalmidaeet al. with a knownet al. Brazilian state of Acre and accounts for an extension distribution restricted to the southwest Amazon region in the distribution et of al. the species of 465 km from (Avila-Pires 1995; Macedo 2008; Avila-Pires the closest known record in Ituxi, state of Amazonas, 2009). The species inhabits forested and pasture areas Brazil (Avila-Pires 2009). Systematic surveys and has been recorded foret al.Bolivia, Peru and theet al.Brazilian should be undertaken in order to improve our understanding states of Rondônia,et al. Amazonas and Mato Grosso (Avila- of the distribution of this poorly studied species Pires 1995; Pellegrino 2001; Macedo 2008; (Doan 2003) and other herpetofauna of the state of Acre, Avila-Pires 2009). Brazil. During a fieldwork in C. the eigenmanni Extractive Reserve Chico Acknowledgments: Mendes, municipality of Brasiléia, state of Acre, Brazil, The authors wish to thank Paulo Sérgio Bernade one female specimen of was collected for confirming the species identification and for keeping the voucher (Figure 1) amongst the leaf litter (10°39’13” S, 69°08’20” specimen at UFAC. Literature Cited W) (collection permit ICMBIO/SISBIO - 25261-1.). The specimen was deposited in the herpetological collection Zoologische Verhandelingen of the Universidade Federal do Acre, Campus Floresta, Avila-Pires, T.C.S. 1995. Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata). 299: 1-706. municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre, Brazil (voucher Avila-Pires, T.C.S., L.J. Vitt, S.S. SartoriusBoletim and doP.A. Museu Zani. 2009. Paraense Squamata Emílio UFACF 4002).C. We eigenmanni reviewed the herpetological collection Goeldi,(Reptilia) Ciências from fourNaturais sites in southern Amazonia, with a biogeographic of the Universidade Federal do Acre, and did not find other analysis of Amazonian lizards. Cercosaura Pantodactylus4(2): 99-118. Prionodactylus specimens of . Doan, T.M. 2003. ZoologicalA new phylogenetic Journal of classification the Linnean forSociety the gymnophthalmid genera , and (Reptilia: Squamata). 137: 101-115. Macedo, L.M., P.S Bernarde and A.S Abe. 2008. LizardBiota community Neotropica (Squamata: Lacertilia) in forest and pasture areas at Espigão do Oeste, Rondônia, southwestern Amazon, Brazil. 8(1): 133-139. Pellegrino, K.C.M., M.T. Rodrigues, Y. Yonenaga-Yassuda and J.W. Sites. 2001. ABiological molecular Journal perspective of the Linneanon the evolution Society of microteiid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae), and a new classification for the family. 74: 315-338.

Figure 1. Cercosaura eigenmanni Received: May 2011 Last Revised: June 2011 recorded at the Reserva Extrativista Accepted: June 2011 Chico Mendes, municipality of Brasiléia, state of Acre, Brazil. Photo by Published online: July 2011 Marco Antonio de Freitas. Editorial responsibility: Pedro L. V. Peloso Check List | Volume 7 | Issue 4 | 2011 516