Leiosaurus

Taxonavigation

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

Leiosaurus Duméril & Bibron, 1837: 241

Type species: Leiosaurus bellii Duméril & Bibron, 1837, by subsequent designation of Fitzinger (1843: 16).

Aperopristis Peracca, 1897: 1 [synonymised by Gallardo (1961: 115)]
- Type species: Aperopristis paronae Peracca, 1897, by monotypy.

Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1837. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Quatrième (In French). Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. ii + 572 pp. BHL Reference page.
Peracca, M.G. 1897. Intorno ad un nuovo genere di Iguande del Brasile (In Italian). Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino 12(299): 1–3. BHL Reference page.

Laspiur, A., Acosta, J.C. & Abdala, C.S. 2007. A new species of Leiosaurus (Iguania: Leiosauridae) from central-western Argentina. Zootaxa 1470: 47–57. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.