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{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
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{{Automatic Taxobox
| name = ''Leiosaurus''
| taxon = Leiosaurus
| image = Leiosaurus bellii 91861708.jpg 
| image_caption = ''[[Leiosaurus bellii]]''
| authority = [[A.M.C. Duméril]] & [[Bibron]], 1837
| synonyms = *''Aperopristis'' <br>{{small|[[Mario Giacinto Peracca|Peracca]], 1897}}<ref>[[Mario Giacinto Peracca|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).</ref>
*''Liosaurus'' [sic] <br>{{small|— [[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1885}}
}}

'''''Leiosaurus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[lizard]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Leiosauridae]]. The genus is [[endemic]] to [[South America]].<ref name=RDB>{{EMBL genus|genus=Leiosaurus}} www.reptile-database.org</ref>

==Species==
The genus ''Leiosaurus'' contains the following [[species]] which are recognized as being valid:<ref name="RDB"/>

*''[[Leiosaurus bellii]]'' {{small|[[A.M.C. Duméril]] & [[Bibron]], 1837}} – Bell's anole
*''[[Leiosaurus catamarcensis]]'' {{small|[[Julio Koslowsky|Koslowsky]], 1898}}
*''[[Leiosaurus jaguaris]]'' {{small|[[Alejandro Laspiur|Laspiur]], [[Juan Carlos Acosta|Acosta]] & [[Cristian S. Abdala|Abdala]], 2007}}
*''[[Leiosaurus paronae]]'' {{small|([[Mario Giacinto Peracca|Peracca]], 1897)}}

''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Leiosaurus''.

==Etymology==
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''bellii'', is in honor of [[English people|English]] [[zoologist]] [[Thomas Bell (zoologist)|Thomas Bell]], and the specific name, ''paronae'', is in honor of [[Italians|Italian]] zoologist [[:it:Corrado Parona|Corrado Parona]].<ref>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}}. (''Leiosaurus bellii'', p. 22; ''Leiosaurus paronae'', p. 201).</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[[George Albert Boulenger|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.&nbsp;124).
*[[André Marie Constant Duméril|Duméril AMC]], [[Bibron G]] (1837). ''Erpétologie générale ou Histoire naturelle complète des Reptiles, Tome quatrième.'' Paris: Roret. ii + 571 pp. (''Leiosaurus'', new genus, p.&nbsp;241). (in French).
*[[Julio Germán Koslowsky|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.&nbsp;169–170 + Plate I). (in Spanish).
*[[Alejandro Laspiur|Laspiur A]], [[Juan Carlos Acosta|Acosta JC]], [[Cristian Simón Abdala|Abdala CS]] (2007). "A new species of ''Leiosaurus'' (Iguania: Leiosauridae) from central-western Argentina". ''Zootaxa'' '''1470''': 47-57, 7 plates. (''Leiosaurus jaguaris'', new species).


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[[Category:Leiosaurus]]
[[Category:Reptiles of Argentina]]
[[Category:Lizard genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by André Marie Constant Duméril]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron]]