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Cnemidophorus sp.
Cerrado Whiptail
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Photographer: Cristiano Nogueira
ID: 0000 0000 0404 0094 (2004-04-05)Copyright © 2004 Cristiano Nogueira
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Oct 21, 2001
date collected Oct 20, 2001
location
Grande Sertão Veredas National Park, central Brazilian Cerrado (Minas Gerais state, Brazil)family
Teiidae
order
Squamata
class Reptilia
habitat Cerrado grasslands on sandy solisnotes This small lizard is one of the many forms in the Cnemidophorus ocellifer species complex present in the Brazilian Cerrado. A taxonomic revision of this complex is urgently needed, in order to properly access the grossly underestimated richness of this lizard lineage in central Brazil.From the collection of MZUSP Specimen No. MZUSP 93408View all photos for this specimen
photo category: Animal - Reptile
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
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| common names
Racerunners, Whiptails (ITIS )
Cerrado Whiptail (photographer)
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