Cercosaura bassleri Ruibal, 1952

Llanqui, Irbin B., Y. Salas, Cinthya & Oblitas, Melissa P., 2019, A preliminary checklist of amphibians and reptiles from the vicinity of La Nube Biological Station, Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Peru, Check List 15 (5), pp. 773-796 : 786

Cercosaura bassleri Ruibal, 1952

Material examined. MUSA 4108; PT1, 27.IX.2013.

Identification. A small lizard, SVL 48–65 mm in males and 49–64 mm in females. It can be identified by dor- sal scales quadrangular, keeled, not imbricate; ventral scales quadrangular, smooth, imbricate. Flank scales granular. Frontonasal scale single; loreal double. Dor- sum brown with black blotches; dorsolateral pale cream stripe and discontinuous ventrolateral line present. Venter light cream, flanks with a variable number of ocelli, black with white center. Tail pale orange. Similar species in adjacent localities are: C. ocellata , which has a single loreal; C. argulus , which has paired frontonasal scales and a continuous white dorsolateral stripe; C. eigenmanni , which lacks ocelli on flanks ( Dixon and Soini 1986, Ávila-Pires 1995, Doan 2003, Duellman 2005, Sturaro et al. 2018).

Distribution. Cercosaura bassleri is distributed in western Amazonia in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru ( Ávila-Pires 1995, Sturaro et al. 2018, Uetz and Hošek 2019).

Remarks. MUSA 4108 is a juvenile individual.