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Leiosaurus bellii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1837

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Higher TaxaLeiosauridae (Leiosaurinae), Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bell's Anole 
SynonymLeiosaurus Bellii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 242
Leiosaurus bellii — GRAY 1845: 124
Liosaurus [sic] bellii — BOULENGER 1885: 124
Liosaurus Belli — KOSLOWSKY 1896
Leiosaurus bellii — GALLARDO 1961: 22
Leiosaurus bellii — PETERS et al. 1970: 156
Leiosaurus bellii — BERNILS et al. 2007
Leiosaurus bellii — SCROCCHI et al. 2010: 72
Leiosaurus bellii — CARVALHO et al. 2023 
DistributionArgentina (Santa Cruz, Chubut, Rio Negro, Mendoza, Neuquen)

Type locality: see comment.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 2775 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): characters unique to the genus are: surface of the subdigital lamellae keeled; smooth tail scales; without caudal autotomy; tail slightly longer than body; no contact between orbital semi-circles; dorsal coloration pattern with defined vertebral spots, “shark teeth” or “fleur-de-lis” shaped (Cei, 1986; Frost et al., 2001, Laspiur et al. 2007). 
CommentTerra typica: Mexico (in error)

Type Species: Leiosaurus Bellii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837 is the type species of the genus Leiosaurus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837.

Phylogenetics: The genera Diplolaemus, Leiosaurus, and Pristidactylus have been combined in the Leiosaurae clade (Morando et al. 2015). 
EtymologyNamed after Thomas Bell (1792-1880), a British naturalist and dental surgeon who worked at Guy's Hospital, London (1816-1860). He became Professor of Zoology at King's College (1834) and described many ofthe reptiles Darwin collected. He was a friend of Gray and President of the Linnean Society (Beolens et al. 2011).

The genus was named after Greek leios (λείος), smooth, plain, not embroidered + Greek sauros (σαῦρος), lizard. ["…De Λείος, lisse, uni, laevis, non scaber ; et de Σαῦρος, Lézard, Lacerta…"]. 
References
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition. London, xiii+497 pp. - get paper here
  • Breitman, María Florencia; Minoli, Ignacio; Avila, Luciano Javier; Medina, Cintia Debora; Sites, Jr., Jack Walter; Morando, Mariana 2014. Lagartijas de la provincia de Santa Cruz (Argentina): distribución geográfica, diversidad genética y estado de conservación . Cuad. herpetol. 28 (2): 83-110 - get paper here
  • BRIZIO, M. V., MINOLI, I., PÉREZ, D. R., & AVILA, L. J. 2023. Reptiles of the Auca Mahuida natural protected area, Argentina. Rev. Mus. Argentino Cienc. Nat., n.s. 25(1): 133-142 - get paper here
  • Carvalho, André L. G.; Alejandro Laspiur, Julia Klaczko, Luis Rolando Rivas, Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues, Marco Aurélio de Sena & Ricardo Céspedes 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 and Biodiversity, 21:1, 2200306, - get paper here
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