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Polychrus femoralis WERNER, 1910

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Higher TaxaPolychrotidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Werner's Bush Anole
G: Ecuador-Buntleguan 
SynonymPolychrus femoralis WERNER 1910: 21
Polychrus femoralis — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 233
Polychrus femoralis — LEHR 2002: 203
Polychrus femoralis — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2017 
DistributionSW Ecuador (lowlands), Peru

Type locality: Guayaquil, Ecuador.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: Lost (Hallermann, pers. comm., cited in TORRES-CARVAJAL 2001) 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin femoris, thigh and Latin -alis, related to. [“...Durch die Zahl der Femoralporen und die Färbung von P. marmoratus und acutirostris, durch die einkieligen Ventralschuppen von P. gutturosus und liogaster unterscheidbar. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
  • Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here
  • Koch, C. 2010. Geheimnisvolles Peru. Reptilia (Münster) 15 (82): 36-45 - get paper here
  • Lehr, E. 2002. Amphibien und Reptilien in Peru. Natur und Tier-Verlag (Münster), 208 pp. - get paper here
  • Schlüter, Uwe 2013. Buntleguane - Lebensweise, Pflege und Fortpflanzung. KUS-Verlag, 80 pp. - get paper here
  • Soto Quispe, J. C., Ugaz Cherre, A. F., Llompart Navarro, A. E., Saldaña Ugaz, I. S., Marchena Dioses, J. M., Montero Silva, M. A. and Barrionuevo García, R. 2025. Diversity and temporal frequency of records of the herpetofauna of the equatorial seasonally dry tropical forest in the rural community of Lucarqui, Piura, northwestern Peru. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology 24(2): D1693 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Koch C, Venegas PJ, Poe S 2017. Phylogeny and diversity of neotropical monkey lizards (Iguanidae: Polychrus Cuvier, 1817). PLoS One 12 (6): e0178139 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal, O. 2001. Lizards of Ecuador: Checklist, Distribution, and Systematic References. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (131): 1-35 - get paper here
  • Werner,F. 1910. Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. ii. Eidechsen. Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst., vol. 27 (1909), suppl. no. 2, 1910, pp. 1-46; reprinted: 1910, Mitteil. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 27: 205-) - get paper here
 
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