Cercosaura eigenmanni, known commonly as Eigenmann's prionodactylus, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The species is endemic to South America.
Discovery C. eigenmanni was discovered in 1917 by L.E. Griffin.
Description Adults of C. eigenmanni may attain a snout-to-vent length of about .
Etymology The specific name, eigenmanni, is in honor of German-born American ichthyologist Carl H. Eigenmann.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionaery of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cercosaura eigenmanni, p. 81).
Geographic range C. eigenmanni is found in Bolivia, Brazil (namely the states of Rondônia, Amazonas and Mato Grosso),Avila-Pires, T. C. S. (1995). Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 299(1), 1–706. and Peru.
Habitat The preferred habitat of C. eigenmanni is forest at altitudes of .
Reproduction C. eigenmanni is oviparous.
References
Further reading Doan, Tiffany M. (2003). "A new phylogenetic classification for the gymnophthalmid genera Cercosaura, Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 137 (1): 101–115. (Cercosaura eigenmanni, new combination). Freitas MA, França DPF, Veríssimo D (2011). "First record of Cercosaura eigenmanni (Griffin, 1917) (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) for the state of Acre, Brazil". Check List 7 (4): 516. Griffin, Lawrence Edmonds (1917). "A List of the South American Lizards of the Carnegie Museum, With Descriptions of Four New Species". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 11: 304-320 + Plates XXXII-XXXV. (Prionodactylus eigenmanni, new species, pp. 316–317 + Plate XXXV).