This article is about lizards. For the genus of pitvipers formerly called Leiolepis, see Calloselasma.
This article is about lizards. For the genus of Triassic fish formerly called Leiolepis, see Alleiolepis.
Leiolepis
Common butterfly lizard, L. belliana
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Iguania
Family:
Agamidae
Subfamily:
Leiolepidinae Fitzinger, 1843
Genus:
Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829
Species
10 spp., see text
Leiolepis, commonly known as butterfly lizards or butterfly agamas (Thai: แย้), are group of agamid lizards.[1][2] They are native to Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Ryukyu Islands (Japan), Vietnam, and Hainan (China). The genus includes both sexual and asexual species.[2]Leiolepis is the sole genus of subfamily Leiolepidinae.
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includes both sexual and asexual species. Leiolepis is the sole genus of subfamily Leiolepidinae. Leiolepis are moderately sized lizards with the largest...
species, Leiolepis guttata and Leiolepis guentherpetersi. This species is one of four unisexual Leiolepis agamospecies. However, the genus Leiolepis has five...
ancestors of asexual species of Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 and the description of a new endemic species of asexual Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 from Southern Vietnam"...
Leiolepis rubritaeniata, Reeves's butterfly lizard, is a species of agamid native to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. L. rubritaeniata is oviparous...
Calyptommatus leiolepis is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is endemic to Brazil. Calyptommatus leiolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile...
Leiolepis peguensis, the Burmese butterfly lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. It is found in Myanmar. Lwin, K. & Wogan, G. 2019.Leiolepis peguensis...
University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leiolepis boehmei, p. 30). Leiolepis boehmei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28...
Leiolepis guentherpetersi, Peters's butterfly lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. It is found in Vietnam. Nguyen, N.S., Golynsky, E. & Milto, K. 2018...
Leiolepis ocellata, the ocellated butterfly lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. It is found in Myanmar and Thailand. Thaksintham, W., Danaisawat, P...
lizard (Leiolepis guttata) is a rarely seen species of lizard found in parts of Southeast Asia. It is the largest member of the genus Leiolepis. Nguyen...
Butterfly Lizard, Leiolepis rubritaeniata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2021. "Thai Butterfly Lizard, Leiolepis triploida"...
(Hydrosaurus, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Indonesia) Leiolepidinae (Leiolepis, Southeast Asia) Uromasticinae (Saara and Uromastyx, Africa and South...
been suggested that Uromastyx sensu lato along with the sister group of Leiolepis may be considered as a distinct family, the Uromastycidae, however this...
formerly placed in Physignathus Genus Japalura Genus Laudakia Genus Leiolepis Genus Lophocalotes Genus Lophognathus - sometimes placed in Amphibolurus...
Germany. It is generally considered a semionotiform. It was first named Leiolepis, but because this genus name is preoccupied by an extant lizard, the genus...
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