SCHREIBER´S SPECTACLED LIZARD Cercosaura schreibersii
Members of this genus are known as Microteiids or Spectacled Lizards on account of their transparent lower eyelid - which means they can see even with the eyes closed. They are highly variable skink-like lizards with keeled scales, small heads and long tails. This species is distinguished from the extremely similar Cercosaura ocellata by the shape of the dorsal scales, being "squashed hexagons" in this species (see FPREP115PH) and rectangular in C.ocellata. The latter also has a considerably longer tail.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPREP113PH) Adult dorsal, Departamento Ñeembucú (Sylvia Centrón undated).
FIGURE 2 - (FPREP114PH) Same individual ventral (Sylvia Centrón undated).
FIGURE 3 - (FPREP115PH) Same individual head detail (Sylvia Centrón undated).
FIGURE 4 - (FPREP437PH) Adult dorsal, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 5 - (FPREP438PH) Same individual lateral (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 6 - (FPREP439PH) Same individual head detail (Paul Smith September 2010).
FIGURE 7 - (FPREP544PH) Adult lateral, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith March 2011).
FIGURE 8 - (FPREP545PH) Same individual dorsal (Paul Smith March 2011).
FIGURE 9 - (FPREP546PH) Same individual ventral (Paul Smith March 2011).
FIGURE 10 - (FPREP547PH) Same individual dorsal scale detail (Paul Smith March 2011).
FIGURE 11 - (FPREP621PH) Adult lateral, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (helen Pheasey July 2011 - Para La Tierra).
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