# Leiosaurus

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{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = ''Leiosaurus''
| taxon = Leiosaurus
| image = Leiosaurus bellii 91861708.jpg 
| image_caption = ''[Leiosaurus bellii](/source/Leiosaurus_bellii)''
| authority = [A.M.C. Duméril](/source/A.M.C._Dum%C3%A9ril) & [Bibron](/source/Bibron), 1837
| synonyms = *''Aperopristis'' <br>{{small|[Peracca](/source/Mario_Giacinto_Peracca), 1897}}<ref>[Peracca MG](/source/Mario_Giacinto_Peracca) (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](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger), 1885}}
}}

'''''Leiosaurus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [lizard](/source/lizard)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Leiosauridae](/source/Leiosauridae). The genus is [endemic](/source/endemic) to [South America](/source/South_America).<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL genus|genus=Leiosaurus}} www.reptile-database.org</ref>

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

*''[Leiosaurus bellii](/source/Leiosaurus_bellii)'' {{small|[A.M.C. Duméril](/source/A.M.C._Dum%C3%A9ril) & [Bibron](/source/Bibron), 1837}} – Bell's anole
*''[Leiosaurus catamarcensis](/source/Leiosaurus_catamarcensis)'' {{small|[Koslowsky](/source/Julio_Koslowsky), 1898}}
*''[Leiosaurus jaguaris](/source/Leiosaurus_jaguaris)'' {{small|[Laspiur](/source/Alejandro_Laspiur), [Acosta](/source/Juan_Carlos_Acosta) & [Abdala](/source/Cristian_S._Abdala), 2007}}
*''[Leiosaurus paronae](/source/Leiosaurus_paronae)'' {{small|([Peracca](/source/Mario_Giacinto_Peracca), 1897)}}

''[Nota bene](/source/Nota_bene)'': A [binomial authority](/source/Binomial_nomenclature) in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Leiosaurus''.

==Etymology==
The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)), ''bellii'', is in honor of [English](/source/English_people) [zoologist](/source/zoologist) [Thomas Bell](/source/Thomas_Bell_(zoologist)), and the specific name, ''paronae'', is in honor of [Italian](/source/Italians) zoologist [Corrado Parona](/source/%3Ait%3ACorrado_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==
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==Further reading==
*[Boulenger GA](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger) (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](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Marie_Constant_Dum%C3%A9ril), [Bibron G](/source/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](/source/Julio_Germ%C3%A1n_Koslowsky) (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](/source/Alejandro_Laspiur), [Acosta JC](/source/Juan_Carlos_Acosta), [Abdala CS](/source/Cristian_Sim%C3%B3n_Abdala) (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

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