Leiosaurus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Toxicofera
Subordo: Iguania
Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Leiosauridae
Genus: Leiosaurus
Species (4): L. bellii – L. catamarcensis – L. paronae – L. jaguaris
Name

Leiosaurus Duméril & Bibron, 1837: 241

Type species: Leiosaurus bellii Duméril & Bibron, 1837, by subsequent designation of Fitzinger (1843: 16).

Synonyms

Aperopristis Peracca, 1897: 1 [synonymised by Gallardo (1961: 115)]
Type species: Aperopristis paronae Peracca, 1897, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1837. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Quatrième (In French). Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. ii + 572 pp. BHL Reference page.
Peracca, M.G. 1897. Intorno ad un nuovo genere di Iguande del Brasile (In Italian). Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino 12(299): 1–3. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Laspiur, A., Acosta, J.C. & Abdala, C.S. 2007. A new species of Leiosaurus (Iguania: Leiosauridae) from central-western Argentina. Zootaxa 1470: 47–57. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Leiosaurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 February 2019.
Leiosaurus – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).
Leiosaurus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Leiosaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Leiosauridae. The genus is endemic to South America.[2]

Species

The genus Leiosaurus contains the following species which are recognized as being valid:[2]

Leiosaurus bellii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Bell's anole
Leiosaurus catamarcensis Koslowsky, 1898
Leiosaurus jaguaris Laspiur, Acosta & Abdala, 2007
Leiosaurus paronae (Peracca, 1897)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Leiosaurus.
Etymology

The specific name, bellii, is in honor of English zoologist Thomas Bell, and the specific name, paronae, is in honor of Italian zoologist Corrado Parona.[3]
References

Peracca MG (1897). "Intorno ad un nuovo genere di Iguanide del Brasile ". Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino 12 (299): 1-3. (Aperopristis, new genus, p. 1). (in Italian).
Genus Leiosaurus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leiosaurus bellii, p. 22; Leiosaurus paronae, p. 201).

Further reading

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 [sic], p. 124).
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 [sic] catamarcensis, new species, pp. 169–170 + Plate I). (in Spanish).
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).