Polychrus

Polychrus is the only extant genus of polychrotid lizards in the world.^[2] Commonly called bush anoles, they are found in Central and South America, as well as nearby Trinidad and Tobago.

Polychrus
Polychrus acutirostris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Polychrotidae
Genus:	Polychrus Cuvier, 1817[1]
Type species
Draco marmoratus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text

Polychrus means "many colored". True anoles in other genera are now placed in Dactyloidae. Polychrus is presently in the family Polychrotidae.^[3][2]

Species

Polychrus gutturosus seen in Tapir Valley, Tenorio Volcano National Park, Costa Rica.

• Polychrus acutirostris – Brazilian bush anole Spix, 1825
• Polychrus auduboni – Many-colored bush anole Hallowell, 1845
• Polychrus femoralis – Werner's bush anole Werner, 1910
• Polychrus gutturosus – Berthold's bush anole Berthold, 1845
• Polychrus jacquelinae – Jacqueline's bush anole Koch, Venegas, Garcia-Bravo, and Böhme, 2011
• Polychrus liogaster – Boulenger's bush anole Boulenger, 1908
• Polychrus marmoratus – many-colored bush anole Linnaeus, 1758
• Polychrus peruvianus – Peruvian bush anole Noble, 1924

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Fossil history

Though species of Polychrus have an almost exclusively South American distribution today, a stem representative, Sauropithecoides charisticus, was reported from the late Eocene of North Dakota, USA.^[5][6]