Cercosaura bassleri Ruibal, 1952

Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A. & Amaral, Silvana, 2017, Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae, Zootaxa 4269 (2), pp. 151-196 : 163

Cercosaura bassleri Ruibal, 1952

Type-locality. Perené, Rio Perené , Peru.

Pertinent taxonomic references. Ruibal (1952), Cunha (1961), Peters & Donoso-Barros (1970), Ávila-Pires (1995), Doan (2003), Echevarría et al. (2015), Torres-Carvajal et al. (2015), Goicoechea et al. (2016).

Distribution and habitat. Cercosaura bassleri is endemic to western Amazonia , with its eastern distribution delimited by the Negro River north of the Amazon, and the Madeira river system south of it, occurring in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia ( Fig. 8 ). In Brazil, it is known from the states of Amazonas, Acre, and Rondônia. Cercosaura bassleri is terrestrial and diurnal, inhabits terra firme forest, where it is mainly found among leaf litter (Duellman & Salas 1991; Schlüter et al. 2004; Macedo et al. 2008).

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FIGURE 8. Distribution of examined material of Cercosaura bassleri, C. eigenmanni, C. ocellata, and C. schreibersii.