Polychrus
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Polychrotidae
Genus: Polychrus
Species:
P. acutirostris –
P. femoralis –
P. gutturosus –
P. jacquelinae –
P. liogaster –
P. marmoratus –
P. peruvianus
Name
Polychrus Cuvier, 1817
Type species: Lacerta marmorata Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
- Polycrus Gray, 1827 [emendation]
- Ecphymatotes Fitzinger, 1843 [syn.: Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970: 233]
- Type species: Polychrus acutirostris Spix, 1825
- Sphaerops Gray, 1845 [syn.: Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970: 233]
- Chaunolaemus Peters, 1870 [syn.: Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970: 233]
- Type species: Polychrus multicarinatus Peters, 1870 [= Polychrus gutturosus Berthold, 1846]
- Polychroides Noble, 1924 [syn.: Gorman, Huey & Williams, 1969: 5]
- Type species: Polychroides peruvianus Noble, 1924
References
Primary references
- Gorman, G.C., Huey, R.B. & Williams, E.E. 1969. Cytotaxonomic studies on some unusual iguanid lizards assigned to the genera Chamaeleolis, Polychrus, Polychroides, and Phenacosaurus, with behavioral notes. Breviora 316: 1–17. BHL.
- Peters, J.A. & Donoso-Barros, R. 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 297: 1–293. BHL. Reference page.
Additional references
- 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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.141.1678
