Anisolepis grilli

Anisolepis grilli
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Leiosauridae
Genus:	Anisolepis
Species:	A. grilli
Binomial name
	Anisolepis grilli; Boulenger, 1891
Synonyms
	Anisolepis grilli; Boulenger, 1891; Anisolepis undulatus; — Boettger, 1893; Anisolepis lionotus; F. Werner, 1896; Aptycholaemus longicauda; C. Burt & M. Burt, 1930; Anisolepis iheringi; — Etheridge, 1965; Anisolepis grilli; — J. Peters & Donoso-Barros, 1970; Urostrophus grilli; — A.L.G. Carvalho et al., 2023;

Last updated October 01, 2025

Anisolepis grilli, commonly known as Boulenger's tree lizard and papa-vento-do-rabo-rajado in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of lizard in the family Leiosauridae.^[2] The species is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, grilli, is in honor of Italo-Brazilian physician Giuseppe Franco Grillo.^[3]

Geographic range

A. grilli is native to extreme northwestern Argentina,^[1]^[2] adjacent southeastern Brazil,^[1]^[2] and Uruguay.^[2]

The type locality is Palmeira, Paraná, Brazil.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of A. grilli are forest and grassland.^[1]

Reproduction

A. grilli is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 Morato, S.A.A. (2010). "Anisolepis grilli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T178357A7530426. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178357A7530426.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Urostrophus grilli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 23 August 2021.
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anisolepis grilli, p. 108).

Boulenger GA (1891). "Description of a new Iguanoid Lizard of the genus Anisolepis ". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie Seconda10: 909. (Anisolepis grilli, new species).
Carvalho ALG, Laspiur A, Klaczko J, Rivas LR, Rodrigues MT, Sena MA (2023). "Total evidence phylogenetic analysis of Leiosauridae (Squamata) with focus on the 'para-anoles' and description of a new Urostrophus species from the Bolivian Andes". Systematics & Biodiversity21 (1): 2200306. (Urostrophus grilli, new combination).
Cei JM (1993). "Reptiles del noroeste, nordeste y este de la Argentina ". Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino14: 1–949 (in Spanish).
Werner F (1896). "Die Iguaniden-Gattung Anisolepis Blngr. ". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien46: 470–473. (Anisolepis grilli, p. 471). (in German).

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 4 Morato, S.A.A. (2010). "Anisolepis grilli ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T178357A7530426. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T178357A7530426.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Urostrophus grilli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 23 August 2021.

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anisolepis grilli, p. 108).

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