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Taxonomy of the genus Polychrus Biodiversity of the family Polychrotidae

Bibliography of the genus
Polychrus (Monkey Lizards)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Polychrotidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Polychrus in general

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.

Henkel, F.W.; Schmidt, W. 2006. Leguane. Biologie, Haltung, Zucht. 2nd rev. ed. Ulmer, Stuttgart. 160 pp.

Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A.; Avila, R.W. 2008. Reptilia, Squamata, Polychrus spp.: New record, range extensions, and distribution map in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Check List 4(3): 362-365.

Mertens, R. 1930. Zur Biologie der Iguanidengattung Polychrus G. Cuvier. Zoologische Garten N.F. (Leipzig) 3: 269-279.

Noble, G.K. 1924. New lizards from northwestern Peru. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 5: 107-113.

Ribeiro-Júnior, M.A. 2015. Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. I. Dactyloidae, Hoplocercidae, Iguanidae, Leiosauridae, Polychrotidae, Tropiduridae. Zootaxa 3983(1): 1–110.

Schlüter, U. 2001. Daten zur Reproduktion der Polychrotinae mit Ausnahme der Anolisartigen. Iguana Rundschreiben 14(2): 32-33.

Schlüter, U. 2013. Buntleguane - Lebensweise, Taxonomie und Fortpflanzung. KUS-Verlag (Kirschner & Seufer Verlag), Rheinstetten. 77 pp.

Torres-Carvajal, O.; Koch, C.; Venegas, P.J.; Poe, S. 2017. Phylogeny and diversity of neotropical monkey lizards (Iguanidae: Polychrus Cuvier, 1817). PLoS ONE 12(6): e0178139.

Polychrus acutirostris

Alvarez, B.B.; Lions, M.L.; Calamante, C. 2005. Biologia reproductiva y desarrollo del esqueleto de Polychrus acutirostris (Iguania, Polychrotidae). Facena 21: 3-27.

Blankenstein, F.W. 1961. Bevindingen met Polychrus acutirostris. Lacerta 19: 59-60.

Cott, H.B. 1924. A rare lizard. Natureland (Manchester) 3: 12.

Franca, F.G.R.; Silva-Braz, V. da 2009. Predation on the lizard Polychrus acutirostris (Squamata, Polychrotidae) by the curl-crested jay Cyanocorax cristatellus (Aves, Corvidae) in the Cerrado of Central Brazil. Biotemas 22(3): 243-245.

Garda, A.A.; Costa, G.C.; França, F.G.R.; Giugliano, L.G.; Leite, G.S.; Oliveira-Mesquita, D.; Nogueira, C.; Tavares-Bastos, L.; Vasconcellos, M.M.; Calazans Vieira, G.H.; Vitt, L.J.; Werneck, F.P. 2012. Reproduction, body size, and diet of Polychrus acutirostris (Squamata: Polychrotidae) in two contrasting environments in Brazil. Journal of Herpetology 46(1): 2-8.

Hoefling, E.; Renous, S. 2009. Scale architecture of the palmar and plantar epidermis of Polychrus acutirostris Spix, 1825 (Iguania, Polychrotidae) and its relationship to arboreal locomotion. Zoologischer Anzeiger 248(3): 183-193.

Luedemann, G.; Rinaldi Colli, G.; Albuquerque Brandao, R. 1997. Natural history notes: Polychrus acutirostris (Bicho-preguica). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 28(1): 43.

Moro, S.; Abdala, V. 2004. Analisis descriptivo de la miologia flexora y extensora del miembro anterior de Polychrus acutirostris (Squamata, Polychrotidae). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 44(5): 81-89.

Novelli, I.A.; Silva, L.P. da; Carvalho, R.G. de; Santos, R.C.; Sousa, B.M. de 2012. Lagartos de áreas de cerrado na Reserva Biológica Unilavras-Boqueirão, Ingaí, Sul de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Biota Neotropica 12(3): 147-153.

Renous, S.; Hoefling, E.; Rocha, P.L.B. da 2010. Effect of substrate on the locomotion behaviour of the South American iguanian lizard Polychrus acutirostris. Italian Journal of Zoology (Modena) 77(2): 216-226.

Silva, C.F.; Alcantara, E.P.; Ribeiro, S.C.; Ávila, R.W. 2014. Natural history notes: Polychrus acutirostris (Brazilian Bush Anole). Predation. Herpetological Review 45(1): 133.

Vanzolini, P.E. 1983. Guiano-Brasilian Polychrus: distribution and speciation (Sauria: Iguanidae). pp. 118-131. In: Rhodin, A.G.J. & Miyata, K. (eds.). Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology. Essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 725 pp.

Vitt, L.J.; Lacher, T.E. 1981. Behavior, habitat, diet and reproduction of the iguanid lizard Polychrus acutirostris in the caatinga of northeastern Brazil. Herpetologica 37(1): 53-63.

Polychrus auduboni

Murphy, J.C.; Lehtinen, R.M.; Stevland, P.C.; Wasserman, D.; Anton, T.; Brennan, P.J. 2017. Cryptic multicolored lizards in the Polychrus marmoratus Group (Squamata: Sauria: Polychrotidae) and the status of Leiolepis auduboni Hallowell. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 11(1): 1–16.

Polychrus gutturosus

Bringsøe, H.; Sánchez, O.A.; Hansen, H.O. 2016. Miscellaneous notes: First record and distributional extension for Polychrus gutturosus Berthold, 1845 (Squamata: Polychrotidae) in the Península de Nicoya of northwestern Costa Rica, with a new record from Provincia de San José. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3(4): 1091-1094.

Gómez-Hoyos, D.A.; Escobar-Lasso, S.; Suarez-Joaqui, T.; Velasco, J.A. 2015. Predation on the bush anole Polychrus gutturosus by the parrot snake Leptophis ahaetulla, with a new record of the bush anole for the Gorgona Island National Natural Park, Colombia. Herpetology Notes 8: 297-301.

Herr, M.W.; Herr, D. 2014. Geographic distribution: Polychrus gutturosus (Berthold's Bush Anole). Herpetological Review 45(4): 662.

Koch, C.; Venegas, P.J.; García-Bravo, A.; Böhme, W. 2011. A new bush anole (Iguanidae, Polychrotinae, Polychrus) from the upper Maranon basin, Peru, with a redescription of Polychrus peruvianus (Noble, 1924) and additional information on P. gutturosus Berthold, 1845. ZooKeys 141: 79-107.

Köhler, G. 2003. Das Leguanportrait: Polychrus gutturosus Berthold 1845. Iguana Rundschreiben 16(1): 5-8.

Peters, W.C.H. 1869. Über neue Saurier (Chaunolæmus multicarinatus, Tropidolepisma richardi und Gymnodactylus steudneri) und Batrachier (Cyclohamphus fasciatus und Hyla gracilenta). Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869(November): 786-790.

Roberts, W.E. 1997. Behavioral observations of Polychrus gutturosus, a sister taxon of anoles. Herpetological Review 28(4): 184-185.

Solís, J.M.; Adams, J.; O’Reilly, C.M. 2017. Distribution notes: Polychrus gutturosus Berthold, 1845. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4(3): 666-668.

Villa, J.D. 1971. Notes on some Nicaraguan reptiles. Journal of Herpetology 5: 45-48.

Polychrus jacquelinae

Koch, C.; Venegas, P.J.; García-Bravo, A.; Böhme, W. 2011. A new bush anole (Iguanidae, Polychrotinae, Polychrus) from the upper Maranon basin, Peru, with a redescription of Polychrus peruvianus (Noble, 1924) and additional information on P. gutturosus Berthold, 1845. ZooKeys 141: 79-107.

Polychrus liogaster

Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A.; Avila, R.W. 2008. Reptilia, Squamata, Polychrus spp.: New record, range extensions, and distribution map in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Check List 4(3): 362-365.

Polychrus marmoratus

Alemán, C. 1952. Apuntes sobre reptiles y anfibios de la region Baruta-El Hatillo. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 12(31): 11-30.

Araújo-Neto, J.V. de; Soares Tiburcio, I.C.; Araudjo Galdino, J.Y.; Goncalves, U.; Silva, S.T. da 2012. Geographic distribution: Polychrus marmoratus (Green Lizard). Herpetological Review 43(1): 103-104.

Boos, J.O. 1986. Notes on curious methods of locomotion in two iguanids from Trinidad, West Indies. Living World 1985-1986: 26.

Canale, G.R.; Freitas, M.A. de; Andrade, L.L. 2013. Predation of lizards by a critically-endangered primate (Sapajus xanthosternos) in a tropical biodiversity hotspot in Brazil. Herpetology Notes 6: 323-326.

Carvalho-Junior, E.A.R.; Campello, M.L.C.B. 2008. Natural history notes: Polychrus marmoratus (NCN). Mating. Herpetological Review 39(1): 93.

Cassimiro, J.; Martins, W.P. 2011. Natural history notes: Polychrus marmoratus (Common Monkey Lizard; Bichopreguica). Predation. Herpetological Review 42(3): 432-433.

Claassen, L. 1963. De marmerleguaan (Polychrus marmoratus). Lacerta 21: 83-86.

Fuchs, H. 1997. Inkubation von Eiern des Buntleguans (Polychrus marmoratus). Iguana Rundschreiben 10(2)(18): 20-21.

Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A.; Avila, R.W. 2008. Reptilia, Squamata, Polychrus spp.: New record, range extensions, and distribution map in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Check List 4(3): 362-365.

Koski, D.A.; Valadares Koski, A.P.; Barreto-Lima, A.F. 2016. Predation of Polychrus marmoratus (Squamata: Polychrotidae) by Buteo albonotatus (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) in southeastern Brazil. Boletim do Museu de Biologia Mello Leitao 38(1): 23-30

Koski, D.A.; Valadares-Koski, A.P. 2017. Natural history notes: Polychrus marmoratus (Common Monkey Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 48(1): 200.

Murphy, J.C.; Lehtinen, R.M.; Stevland, P.C.; Wasserman, D.; Anton, T.; Brennan, P.J. 2017. Cryptic multicolored lizards in the Polychrus marmoratus Group (Squamata: Sauria: Polychrotidae) and the status of Leiolepis auduboni Hallowell. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 11(1): 1–16.

Neto-Silva, D.A.; Gouveia, R.V. de; Trindade, I.T.; Novelli, I.A. 2013. Natural history notes: Leptophis ahaetulla (Swordsnake). Diet. Herpetological Review 44(1): 154.

Oliveira, M.E.; Martins, M. 1998. Natural history notes: Rhinobothryum lentiginosum (NCN). Diet. Herpetological Review 29(2): 105.

Peschke, M.; Kreitmaier, R.; Redmann, A.; Mägdefrau, H. 2008. Nachzucht des Marmorierten Buntleguans (Polychrus marmoratus; (Linnaeus, 1758)) im Tiergarten Nürnberg. Elaphe 16(2): 38-42.

Shreve, B. 1947. On Venezuelan reptiles and amphibians collected by Dr. G. Kugler. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard 99(5): 517-537.

Solé, M.; Dias, I.R. 2017. Siphlophis compressus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) scavenging on a road-killed Polychrus marmoratus (Sauria: Polychrotidae). Herpetology Notes 10: 267-270.

Vanzolini, P.E. 1983. Guiano-Brasilian Polychrus: distribution and speciation (Sauria: Iguanidae). pp. 118-131. In: Rhodin, A.G.J. & Miyata, K. (eds.). Advances in herpetology and evolutionary biology. Essays in honor of Ernest E. Williams. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 725 pp.

Zúñiga-Baos, J.A.; Vera-Pérez, L.E. 2017. Natural history notes: Polychrus marmoratus (Common Monkey Lizard, False Chameleon). Predation. Herpetological Review 48(3): 658.

Polychrus peruvianus

Koch, C.; Venegas, P.J.; García-Bravo, A.; Böhme, W. 2011. A new bush anole (Iguanidae, Polychrotinae, Polychrus) from the upper Maranon basin, Peru, with a redescription of Polychrus peruvianus (Noble, 1924) and additional information on P. gutturosus Berthold, 1845. ZooKeys 141: 79-107.

Noble, G.K. 1924. New lizards from northwestern Peru. Occasional Papers Boston Society of Natural History 5: 107-113.

Yanez-Munoz, M.H.; Ortiz-M., F.; Altamirano-B., M. 2006. Reptilia, Polychrotidae, Polychrus peruvianus: new country record, Ecuador. Check List 2(2): 63-64.