''Leiosaurus'' is a
genus of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
s in the
family Leiosauridae. The genus is
endemic to
South America.
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Species
The genus ''Leiosaurus'' contains the following
species which are recognized as being valid:
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Leiosaurus bellii'' – Bell's anole
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Leiosaurus catamarcensis''
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Leiosaurus jaguaris''
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Leiosaurus paronae''
''
Nota bene'': A
binomial authority
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Leiosaurus''.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''bellii'', is in honor of
English zoologist Thomas Bell, and the specific name, ''paronae'', is in honor of
Italian zoologist
Corrado Parona.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Leiosaurus bellii'', p. 22; ''Leiosaurus paronae'', p. 201).]
References
Further reading
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Boulenger GA (1885). ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ, ....'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I- XXIV. (Genus ''Liosaurus''
ic p. 124).
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Duméril AMC,
Bibron G (1837). ''Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome quatrième.'' Paris: Roret. ii + 571 pp. (''Leiosaurus'', new genus, p. 241). (in French).
*
Koslowsky J (1898). "''Enumeración sistemática y distribución geográfica de los reptiles argentinos'' ". ''Revista del Museo de La Plata'' 8: 161-200. (''Liosaurus''
ic''catamarcensis'', new species, pp. 169–170 + Plate I). (in Spanish).
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Laspiur A,
Acosta JC,
Abdala CS (2007). "A new species of ''Leiosaurus'' (Iguania: Leiosauridae) from central-western Argentina". ''Zootaxa'' 1470: 47-57, 7 plates. (''Leiosaurus jaguaris'', new species).
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Leiosaurus
Reptiles of Argentina
Lizard genera
Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril
Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron