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''Anisolepis'' is a small
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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lizard Lizard is the common name used for all Squamata, squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most Island#Oceanic isla ...
s in the
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Leiosauridae Leiosauridae is a Family (biology), family of iguanian lizards containing six genera and 34 species. The family is Endemism, endemic to Central America and South America. Taxonomy A 2022 phylogenetic study found the Leiosauridae to be the sist ...
. The genus is
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
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Species

Three
species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
are known from South America. *'' Anisolepis grilli'' – Boulenger's tree lizard *'' Anisolepis longicauda'' *''
Anisolepis undulatus Wiegmann's tree lizard (''Anisolepis undulatus'') is a species of lizard in the family Leiosauridae. The species is endemic to South America. Geographic range ''A. undulatus'' is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Habitat The natural hab ...
'' – Wiegmann's tree lizard ''
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'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Anisolepis''.


References


Further reading

* 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). Endemic reptiles of South America Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger {{lizard-stub