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extant

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of polychrotid lizards in the world. Commonly called bush anoles, they are found in

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and

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, as well as nearby

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. ''Polychrus'' means "many colored". True anoles in other genera are now placed in

Dactyloidae Dactyloidae are a family of lizards commonly known as anoles () and native to warmer parts of the Americas, ranging from southeastern United States to Paraguay. Instead of treating it as a family, some authorities prefer to treat it as a subfami ...

. ''Polychrus'' is presently in the family

Polychrotidae The Polychrotidae family (sometimes classified as the Polychrotinae subfamily instead) of iguanian lizards contains the living genus ''Polychrus'' (commonly called bush anoles) and the extinct genus ''Afairiguana''. The family Polychrotidae was o ...

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Polychrus acutirostris ''Polychrus acutirostris'', the Brazilian bush anole, is a species of lizard native to southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, and eastern Bolivia. It is diurnal. Description ''Polychrus acutirostris'' is a medium-sized lizard. One of ...

Spix Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix (9 February 1781 – 13 March 1826) was a German biologist. From his expedition to Brazil, he brought to Germany a large variety of specimens of plants, insects, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. They constitute ...

, 1825 – Brazilian bush anole *''

Polychrus auduboni ''Polychrus auduboni'', or smooth-backed bush anole, common monkey lizard, or many-colored bush anole, is a species of anole native to Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago. It can be found in forests and shrubland Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, b ...

'' Hallowell, 1845 – Many-colored bush anole *''

Polychrus femoralis ''Polychrus femoralis'', or Werner's bush anole, is a species of anole native to Ecuador and Peru. It can be found in forests and shrubland Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominate ...

'' Werner, 1910 – Werner's bush anole *''

Polychrus gutturosus ''Polychrus gutturosus'', also known as Berthold's bush anole or monkey tailed anole, is a species of lizard found in tropical Central and South America. It is sometimes referred to as a "forest iguana". It lives in forests and jungles from Hond ...

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, 1845 – Berthold's bush anole *''

Polychrus jacquelinae ''Polychrus jacquelinae'' or Jacqueline's bush anole is a species of bush anole. It is endemic to Peru and was dedicated to Jacqueline Maria Charles. It can be found in elevation The elevation of a geographic location is its height above ...

'' Koch, Venegas, Garcia-Bravo, and Böhme, 2011 - Jacquelin's bush anole *''

Polychrus liogaster ''Polychrus liogaster'' or Boulenger's bush anole is a species of bush anole native to Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and Ecuador. The species is found in elevations of around 750 meters. Description The anole weighs 110.34 grams. The species has a ...

'' Boulenger, 1908 – Boulenger's bush anole *''

Polychrus marmoratus ''Polychrus marmoratus'' or many-colored bush anole is a species of bush anole. It is also commonly referred to as the monkey lizard due to its slow movement. The lizard has many predators, including spiders and primates. Description ''Polyc ...

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– Many-colored Bush Anole, Common monkey lizard *''

Polychrus peruvianus ''Polychrus peruvianus'', the Peruvian bush anole, is a species of bush anole native to Peru and Ecuador. It was initially placed in the genus, ''Polychroides,'' before being corrected in 1965. Description ''Polychrus peruvianus'' have a max ...

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, 1924 - Peruvian bush anole :

Fossil History

Though species of ''Polychrus'' have an almost exclusively South American distribution today, a stem representative, ''Sauropithecoides charisticus'', was reported from the late Eocene of North Dakota, USA.Smith, K.T. (2006) A diverse new assemblage of late Eocene squamates (Reptilia) from the Chadron Formation, North Dakota, U.S.A. Palaeontologia Electronica 9.2.5A.

References

*Berthold, A. A. 1845. "''Über verschiedene neue oder seltene Reptilien aus Neu-Granada und Crustaceen aus China''". ''Nachr. Georg-Augustus-Univ. und königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen'' 3: 37-48. *Boulenger, G. A. 1908. "''Descriptions of new South American reptiles''". ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist''., Ser. 8, 1 (1): 111−115. *Koch, C., Venegas, P.J., Garcia-Bravo, A. & Böhme, W. 2011. "''A new bush anole (Iguanidae: Polychrotinae: Polychrus) from the upper Marañon basin, Peru, with a redescription of Polychrus peruvianus (Noble, 1924) and additional information on P. gutturosus Berthold, 1845''". ''ZooKeys'' 141: 79−107. *Linnaeus, C. 1758. "''Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymus, locis''. Ed. 10. Tomus I. – Salvius, Stockholm, 824 pp. *Noble, G. K. 1924. "''New lizards from northwestern Peru''". ''Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History'' 5: 107−113. *Schlüter, U. 2013. "''Buntleguane - Lebensweise, Pflege, Fortpflanzung''". ''KUS-Verlag, Rheinstetten'', 78 pp. (A Monograph on ''Polychrus'') *Spix, J. B. von 1825. "''Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum,quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis''". ''F. S. Hübschmann'', München, pp. 1−26. *Werner, F. 1910. "''Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. II. Eidechsen''". ''Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg'' 27 (2): 1−46. {{Taxonbar, from=Q3023338 Polychrotidae Lizard genera Lizards of Central America Lizards of the Caribbean Lizards of South America Taxa named by Georges Cuvier

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