Leiosaurus

Leiosaurus
	Leiosaurus bellii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Leiosauridae
Genus:	Leiosaurus; A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
Synonyms
	Aperopristis ; Peracca, 1897; Liosaurus [sic] ; — Boulenger, 1885;

Leiosaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Leiosauridae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Species

The genus Leiosaurus contains the following species which are recognized as being valid:

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Leiosaurus.

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.

↑ 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).
1 2 Genus Leiosaurus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
↑ Beolens, B; 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).

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). (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. 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).

Leiosaurus

Leiosaurus bellii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Leiosauridae
Genus:	Leiosaurus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
Synonyms
Aperopristis Peracca, 1897 Liosaurus [sic] — Boulenger, 1885