Anisolepis grilli explained

Anisolepis grilli, commonly known as Boulenger's tree lizard and papa-vento-do-rabo-rajado in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of lizard in the family Leiosauridae. The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, grilli, is in honor of Italo-Brazilian physician Giuseppe Franco Grillo.^[1]

Geographic range

A. grilli is native to extreme northwestern Argentina, adjacent southeastern Brazil, and Uruguay.

The type locality is Palmeira, Paraná, Brazil.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. grilli are forest and grassland.

Reproduction

A. grilli is oviparous.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1891). "Description of a new Iguanoid Lizard of the genus Anisolepis ". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda 10: 909. (Anisolepis grilli, new species).
• Carvalho ALG, Laspiur A, Klaczko J, Rivas LR, Rodrigues MT, Sena MA (2023). "Total evidence phylogenetic analysis of Leiosauridae (Squamata) with focus on the 'para-anoles' and description of a new Urostrophus species from the Bolivian Andes". Systematics & Biodiversity 21 (1): 2200306. (Urostrophus grilli, new combination).
• Cei JM (1993). "Reptiles del noroeste, nordeste y este de la Argentina ". Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino 14: 1–949 (in Spanish).
• Werner F (1896). "Die Iguaniden-Gattung Anisolepis Blngr. ". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 46: 470–473. (Anisolepis grilli, p. 471). (in German).

Notes and References

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