# Polychrus > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Polychrus > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Polychrus.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychrus > Source revision: 1236758632 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of lizards}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Polychrus acutirostris.JPG | image_caption = ''[Polychrus acutirostris](/source/Polychrus_acutirostris)'' | taxon = Polychrus | authority = [Cuvier](/source/Georges_Cuvier), 1817Schlüter 2013: Cuvier 1817, Règne Animal 2: 40. Species typica: Lacerta marmorata Linnaeus. | type_species = ''[Draco marmoratus](/source/Polychrus_marmoratus)'' | type_species_authority = [Linnaeus](/source/Linnaeus), 1758 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }} '''''Polychrus''''' is the [only](/source/Monotypic_taxon) extant [genus](/source/genus) of [polychrotid lizards](/source/Polychrotidae) in the world. Commonly called '''bush anoles''', they are found in [Central](/source/Central_America) and [South America](/source/South_America), as well as nearby [Trinidad and Tobago](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago). ''Polychrus'' means "many colored". True anoles in other genera are now placed in [Dactyloidae](/source/Dactyloidae). ''Polychrus'' is presently in the family [Polychrotidae](/source/Polychrotidae).{{Cite web |title=ITIS search results |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=981294 |publisher=[Integrated Taxonomic Information System](/source/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System) |date=7 April 2016 |accessdate=2016-04-07}}{{Cite web |title=ITIS Report: Polychrus – Cuvier, 1817 |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=208868 |publisher=[Integrated Taxonomic Information System](/source/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System) |date=7 April 2016 |accessdate=2016-04-07}} ==Species== [[File:Monkey Lizard - 49220531861.jpg|thumb|''[Polychrus gutturosus](/source/Polychrus_gutturosus)'' seen in Tapir Valley, [Tenorio Volcano National Park](/source/Tenorio_Volcano_National_Park), Costa Rica.]] *''Polychrus acutirostris'' – [Brazilian bush anole](/source/Polychrus_acutirostris) Spix, 1825 *''Polychrus auduboni'' – [Many-colored bush anole](/source/Polychrus_auduboni) Hallowell, 1845 *''Polychrus femoralis'' – [Werner's bush anole](/source/Polychrus_femoralis) Werner, 1910 *''Polychrus gutturosus'' – [Berthold's bush anole](/source/Polychrus_gutturosus) Berthold, 1845 *''Polychrus jacquelinae'' – [Jacqueline's bush anole](/source/Polychrus_jacquelinae) Koch, Venegas, Garcia-Bravo, and Böhme, 2011 *''Polychrus liogaster'' – [Boulenger's bush anole](/source/Polychrus_liogaster) Boulenger, 1908 *''Polychrus marmoratus'' – [many-colored bush anole](/source/Polychrus_marmoratus) Linnaeus, 1758 *''Polychrus peruvianus'' – [Peruvian bush anole](/source/Polychrus_peruvianus) Noble, 1924 :[http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/search.php?submit=Search&exact=genus&genus=Polychrus ''Polychrus''], Reptile Database ==Fossil history== Though species of ''Polychrus'' have an almost exclusively South American distribution today, a stem representative, ''Sauropithecoides charisticus'', was reported from the late Eocene of North Dakota, USA.Smith, K.T. (2011) The evolution of mid-latitude faunas during the Eocene: Late Eocene lizards of the Medicine Pole Hills reconsidered. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 52: 3-105. https://doi.org/10.3374/014.052.0101Smith, K.T. (2006) A diverse new assemblage of late Eocene squamates (Reptilia) from the Chadron Formation, North Dakota, U.S.A. Palaeontologia Electronica 9.2.5A. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Further reading== {{Commons}} {{Wikispecies}} *Berthold, A. A. 1845. "''Über verschiedene neue oder seltene Reptilien aus Neu-Granada und Crustaceen aus China''". ''Nachr. Georg-Augustus-Univ. und königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen'' '''3''': 37-48. *Boulenger, G. A. 1908. "''Descriptions of new South American reptiles''". ''Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist''., Ser. '''8, 1 (1)''': 111−115. *Koch, C., Venegas, P.J., Garcia-Bravo, A. & Böhme, W. 2011. "''A new bush anole (Iguanidae: Polychrotinae: Polychrus) from the upper Marañon basin, Peru, with a redescription of Polychrus peruvianus (Noble, 1924) and additional information on P. gutturosus Berthold, 1845''". ''ZooKeys'' '''141''': 79−107. *Linnaeus, C. 1758. "''Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymus, locis''. Ed. 10. Tomus I. – Salvius, Stockholm, 824 pp. *Noble, G. K. 1924. "''New lizards from northwestern Peru''". ''Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History'' '''5''': 107−113. *Schlüter, U. 2013. "''Buntleguane - Lebensweise, Pflege, Fortpflanzung''". ''KUS-Verlag, Rheinstetten'', 78 pp. (A Monograph on ''Polychrus'') *Spix, J. B. von 1825. "''Animalia nova sive species novae lacertarum,quas in itinere per Brasiliam annis MDCCCXVII-MDCCCXX jussu et auspiciis Maximiliani Josephi I. Bavariae regis''". ''F. S. Hübschmann'', München, pp. 1−26. *Werner, F. 1910. "''Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. II. Eidechsen''". ''Mitt. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg'' '''27 (2)''': 1−46. {{Taxonbar|from=Q3023338}} Category:Polychrotidae Category:Lizard genera Category:Lizards of Central America Category:Lizards of the Caribbean Category:Lizards of South America Category:Taxa named by Georges Cuvier --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Polychrus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychrus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychrus?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.