Hoplocercidae
| Hoplocercidae | |
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| Enyalioides palpebralis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Hoplocercidae |
| Genera | |
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3 genera (16 recognized species), see article. | |
Family Hoplocercidae, or the hoplocercids, are a family of lizards native to the tropical forests of Central and South America. Sixteen species in three genera are described.
Species
Family: Hoplocercidae
- Genus Enyalioides
- Enyalioides azulae
- Enyalioides binzayedi
- Cofan wood lizard - Enyalioides cofanorum
- Bocourt's dwarf iguana - Enyalioides heterolepis
- Amazon wood lizard - Enyalioides laticeps
- Brown wood lizard - Enyalioides microlepis
- O'shaughnessy's dwarf iguana - Enyalioides oshaughnessyi
- Horned wood lizard - Enyalioides palpebralis
- Blue-spotted wood lizard - Enyalioides praestabilis
- Enyalioides rubrigularis
- Enyalioides rudolfarndti
- Enyalioides touzeti
- Genus Hoplocercus
- Brazilian spiny-tailed lizard or weapontail - Hoplocercus spinosus
- Genus Morunasaurus
- Ringed spinytail iguana - Morunasaurus annularis
- Dunn's spinytail lizard - Morunasaurus groi
- Cenepa manticores - Morunasaurus peruvianus
References
- Frost, D.E. & Etheridge, R.E. 1989. A Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomy of Iguanian Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 81.
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Further reading
- Torres-Carvajal, Etheridge & de Queiroz 2011. A systematic revision of Neotropical lizards in the clade Hoplocercinae (Squamata: Iguania). Zootaxa 2752: 1–44
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