{{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic Taxobox | name = ''Leiosaurus'' | taxon = Leiosaurus | image = Leiosaurus bellii 91861708.jpg | image_caption = ''Leiosaurus bellii'' | authority = A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 | synonyms = *''Aperopristis'' <br>{{small|Peracca, 1897}}<ref>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).</ref> *''Liosaurus'' [sic] <br>{{small|— Boulenger, 1885}} }}

'''''Leiosaurus''''' is a genus of lizards in the family Leiosauridae. The genus is endemic to South America.<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL genus|genus=Leiosaurus}} www.reptile-database.org</ref>

==Species== The genus ''Leiosaurus'' contains the following species which are recognized as being valid:<ref name="RDB"/>

*''Leiosaurus bellii'' {{small|A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837}} – Bell's anole *''Leiosaurus catamarcensis'' {{small|Koslowsky, 1898}} *''Leiosaurus jaguaris'' {{small|Laspiur, Acosta & Abdala, 2007}} *''Leiosaurus paronae'' {{small|(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.<ref>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).</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;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).

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Category:Leiosaurus Category:Reptiles of Argentina Category:Lizard genera Category:Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron