Leiolepis

Leiolepis, commonly known as Butterfly Lizards (Thai: แย้), are group of agamid lizards of which very little is known. They are native to Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. They are terrestrial lizards and prefer to live in arid, open regions.

Leiolepis is the sole genus of subfamily Leiolepidinae.

Species

There are at least 8 species:^[1][2][3]

Sexual species

• Leiolepis belliana (Hardwicke & Gray, 1827) – Common Butterfly Lizard
  • Leiolepis belliana rubritaeniata^[4]
• Leiolepis guttata (Cuvier, 1829) – Giant Butterfly Lizard, Spotted Butterfly Lizard
• Leiolepis peguensis Peters, 1971 – Burmese Butterfly Lizard
• Leiolepis reevesii (Gray, 1831) – Chinese Butterfly Lizard, Reeves' Butterfly Lizard

Asexual species

• Leiolepis boehmei Darevsky & Kupriyanova, 1993 – Böhme’s Butterfly Lizard
• Leiolepis guentherpetersi Darevsky & Kupriyanova, 1993 – Peters’ Butterfly Lizard
• Leiolepis ngovantrii Grismer & Grismer, 2010^[3] – Ngo Van Tri's Lady Butterfly Lizard
• Leiolepis triploida Peters, 1971 – Thai Butterfly Lizard, Malayan Butterfly Lizard

References

1. ^ Leiolepis, The Reptile Database
2. ^ Leiolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. ^ ^{a b} Grismer, J.L. and Grismer, L.L. 2010. Who’s your mommy? Identifying maternal ancestors of asexual species of Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 and the description of a new endemic species of asexual Leiolepis Cuvier, 1829 from Southern Vietnam. Zootaxa. 2433: 47–61. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02433p061f.pdf
4. ^ Leiolepis belliana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database