2013-09-192013-09-192008ABRANTES, Stephenson Hallison F. Revisão dos lagarto Cercosaura do grupo Argulus (Reptilia : Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). 2008. 72 f. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Pará, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, 2008. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Zoologia.https://repositorio.ufpa.br/handle/2011/4265Taxonomy of the lizard genus Cercosaura Wagler, 1830, Gymnophthalmidae, has recently changed to incorporate the former genera Pantodactylus and Prionodactylus. As currently recognized the genus contains 11 species. However, divergences in the literature indicate that the name Cercosaura argulus may encompass a group of species. The present study investigates the Cercosaura with divided frontonasal, here called “argulus group”, that includes the nominal species Cercosaura argulus Peters, 1863 and Prionodactylus oshaughnessyi Boulenger, 1885. A total of 151 specimens of 41 localities were studied on basis of five morphometric and 22 meristic characters. Specimens were divided into three groups, according to characters previously considered diagnostic of the two nominal species, further dividing ‘C. oshaughnessyi’ into a western and a Guianan group. A Discriminant Function Analysis (DFA) was used to compare these three groups. Previously, Principal Component Analyses (PCA) were performed to (1) eliminate the influence of size in the comparisons (residuals of morphometric data with the first axis of a PCA were calculated and used in all subsequent statistical analyses); and (2) to select a smaller number of meristic variables to be used in the DFA. Results indicate that C. argulus and C. oshaughnessyi differ mainly by the presence of preanal pores, body length, and number of scales around midbody. Cercosaura oshaughnessyi is considered a valid species, restricted to western Amazonia, while a third, undescribed species of Cercosaura with divided frontonasal occurs in French Guiana and Amapá (Brazil).porAcesso AbertoRéptilLagarto (Animal)GymnophthalmidaeCercosauraTaxonomiaBiogeografiaAmérica do SulDissertaçãoCNPQ::CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS::ZOOLOGIA::TAXONOMIA DOS GRUPOS RECENTES