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Monkey Lizards
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Monkey Lizards

Polychrus

Polychrus is the only extant genus of polychrotid lizards in the world. Commonly called bush anoles, they are found in Central and South America, as well as nearby Trinidad and Tobago.

Polychrus means "many colored". True anoles in other genera are now placed in Dactyloidae. Polychrus is presently in the family Polychrotidae.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

Common Monkey Lizard

speciesPolychrus marmoratus

Brazilian Monkey Lizard

speciesPolychrus acutirostris

Berthold's Monkey Lizard

speciesPolychrus gutturosus

Audubon's Multicolored Lizard

speciesPolychrus auduboni

Boulenger's Monkey Lizard

speciesPolychrus liogaster

Werner's Monkey Lizard

speciesPolychrus femoralis

Peruvian Monkey Lizard

speciesPolychrus peruvianus

Jacquelin's Monkey Lizard

speciesPolychrus jacquelinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 36748.