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

Anisolepis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Leiosauridae
Genus: Anisolepis
Boulenger, 1885

Species

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Three species are known from South America.[1]

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


References

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Further reading

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  • 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).