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.

Species

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

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.