Polychrus

Polychrus acutirostris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Polychrotidae
Genus: Polychrus
Species (8): P. acutirostris – P. auduboni – P. femoralis – P. gutturosus – P. jacquelinae – P. liogaster – P. marmoratus – P. peruvianus

Name

Polychrus Cuvier, 1817

• Type species: Lacerta marmorata Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Polycrus Gray, 1827 [emendation]
• Ecphymatotes Fitzinger, 1843 [syn.: Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970: 233]
  • Type species: Polychrus acutirostris Spix, 1825
• Sphaerops Gray, 1845 [syn.: Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970: 233]
  • Type species: Polychrus anomalus Wiegmann, 1834 [= Polychrus acutirostris Spix, 1825]
• Chaunolaemus Peters, 1870 [syn.: Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970: 233]
  • Type species: Polychrus multicarinatus Peters, 1870 [= Polychrus gutturosus Berthold, 1846]
• Polychroides Noble, 1924 [syn.: Gorman, Huey & Williams, 1969: 5]
  • Type species: Polychroides peruvianus Noble, 1924

References

Primary references

• Gorman, G.C., Huey, R.B. & Williams, E.E. 1969. Cytotaxonomic studies on some unusual iguanid lizards assigned to the genera Chamaeleolis, Polychrus, Polychroides, and Phenacosaurus, with behavioral notes. Breviora 316: 1–17. BHL.
• Peters, J.A. & Donoso-Barros, R. 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 297: 1–293. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Koch, C., Venegas, P.J., Garcia-Bravo, A. & Böhme, W. 2011. A new bush anole (Iguanidae, Polychrotinae, Polychrus) from the upper Marañon basin, Peru, with a redescription of Polychrus peruvianus (Noble, 1924) and additional information on P. gutturosus Berthold, 1845. ZooKeys 141: 79–107. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.141.1678

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Polychrus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 May 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: bush anole