Anisolepis Explained

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

Species

Three species are known from South America.

• Anisolepis grilli – Boulenger's tree lizard
• Anisolepis longicauda
• Anisolepis undulatus – Wiegmann's tree lizard

Nota bene

A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Anisolepis.

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". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Fifth Series 16: 85–88. (Anisolepis, new genus, pp. 85–86).