| Higher Taxa | Polychrotidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Boulenger's Bush Anole
G: Glattbäuchiger Buntleguan
Portuguese: Camaleão, Camaleãozinho, Papa-Vento |
| Synonym | Polychrus liogaster BOULENGER 1908: 113
Polychrus marmoratus liogaster — BURT & BURT 1933: 41
Polychrus liogaster — PETERS et al. 1970: 234
Polychrus marmoratus — DUELLMAN 1987: 492
Polychrus liogaster — DIRKSEN & DE LA RIVA 1999
Polychrus liogaster — SCHLÜTER 2013: 57 |
| Distribution | Bolivia (Amazonas, Beni, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz), SE Peru, Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Rondonia), Ecuador
Type locality: Provincia Sara, Bolivia, 750 m elevation, and Chanchamayo, eastern Peru.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Type: BMNH 1946.8.8.22-23 (and possibly additional specimens). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Polychrus with a blunt snout; relatively large and nearly smooth scales on dorsal surface of head; nasal in contact with second supralabial, in some specimens also with a short suture with first or third supralabial; a gular crest formed b y low and wide, enlarged scales present anterior to gular fan; scales o n sides of neck larger than those on nape, and those on flanks about as large as, or smaller than, scales on tail; ventrals smooth or only slightly keeled; with three black lines radiating from each eye, two of which reach level of forelimbs. No sexual dimorphism in colour pattern. A forest inhabitant (Avila-Pires 1995: 133).
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| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Greek leios- (λείος), smooth + Greek gaster (γαστήρ), abdomen. (BOULENGER 1908, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) |
| References |
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