Leiosaurus

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

Leiosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Leiosauridae
Genus: Leiosaurus
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
Synonyms

Species

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

  • Leiosaurus bellii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  • 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
  1. 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).
  2. "Leiosaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
  3. 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).
  • 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).
  • 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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