Genus of lizards
Leiosaurus is agenus oflizards in thefamilyLeiosauridae. The genus isendemic toSouth America.[2]
The genusLeiosaurus contains the followingspecies which are recognized as being valid:[2]
Nota bene: Abinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other thanLeiosaurus.
Thespecific name,bellii, is in honor ofEnglishzoologistThomas Bell, and the specific name,paronae, is in honor ofItalian zoologistCorrado Parona.[3]
- ^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 Torino12 (299): 1-3. (Aperopristis, new genus, p. 1). (in Italian).
- ^abGenusLeiosaurus atThe 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).
- 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. (GenusLiosaurus [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 Plata8: 161-200. (Liosaurus [sic]catamarcensis, new species, pp. 169–170 + Plate I). (in Spanish).
- Laspiur A,Acosta JC,Abdala CS (2007). "A new species ofLeiosaurus (Iguania: Leiosauridae) from central-western Argentina".Zootaxa1470: 47-57, 7 plates. (Leiosaurus jaguaris, new species).
