Leiosaurus
| Leiosaurus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Leiosauridae |
| Genus: | Leiosaurus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 |
| Synonyms | |
Leiosaurus is a genus of lizards endemic to South America.[2]
Species
Leiosaurus contains the following species:[2]
- Leiosaurus bellii A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
- Leiosaurus catamarcensis Koslowsky, 1898
- Leiosaurus jaguaris Laspiur, Acosta & Abdala, 2007
- Leiosaurus paronae (Peracca, 1897)
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 Reale Università di Torino 12 (299): 1-3. ("Aperopristis n. gen.", p. 1).
- 1 2 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 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 n. sp., 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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