Polychrus femoralis WERNER, 1910
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Higher Taxa | Polychrotidae, Iguania, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Werner's Bush Anole G: Ecuador-Buntleguan |
Synonym | Polychrus femoralis WERNER 1910: 21 Polychrus femoralis — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 233 Polychrus femoralis — LEHR 2002: 203 Polychrus femoralis — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2017 |
Distribution | SW Ecuador (lowlands), Peru
Type locality: Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: Lost (Hallermann, pers. comm., cited in TORRES-CARVAJAL 2001) |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (737 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | |
Etymology | Named 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 |
- 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
- 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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