Anisolepis
| Anisolepis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Leiosauridae |
| Genus: | Anisolepis Boulenger, 1885 |
Anisolepis is a small genus of lizards in the family Iguanidae. The genus is endemic to South America.
Species
Three species are known from South America.[1]
- Anisolepis grilli Boulenger, 1891 – Boulenger's tree lizard
- Anisolepis longicauda (Boulenger, 1891)
- Anisolepis undulatus (Wiegmann, 1834) – Wiegmann's tree lizard
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Anisolepis.
Etymology
The specific name, grilli, is in honor of Italo-Brazilian physician Giuseppe Franco Grillo.[2]
References
- ^ Genus Anisolepis at The Reptile Database
- ^ 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. (Anisolepis grilli, p. 108).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). "Second List of Reptiles and Batrachians from the Province Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, sent to the Natural-History Museum by Dr. H. von Ihering". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Fifth Series 16: 85–88. (Anisolepis, new genus, pp. 85-86).