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Xenosaurus
Sign in to saveXenosaurus is a genus of lizards; it is the only extant genus in the family Xenosauridae, with 14 species recognized. Also known commonly as knob-scaled lizards, species of Xenosaurus can found in Mexico and Guatemala. These lizards are known to feed on a variety of crawling and flying insects. This genus mostly eats orthopterans, coleopterans (beetles), dipterans, and myriapods.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyXenosauridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 66
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Xenosauridae
- Collections
- FCB-BUAP, UCMP, UTA, CAS, MZFC-FC-UNAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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Xenosaurus is a genus of lizards; it is the only extant genus in the family Xenosauridae, with 14 species recognized. Also known commonly as knob-scaled lizards, species of Xenosaurus can found in Mexico and Guatemala. These lizards are known to feed on a variety of crawling and flying insects. This genus mostly eats orthopterans, coleopterans (beetles), dipterans, and myriapods.
==Species== The following 14 species are recognized as being valid. Xenosaurus agrenon Xenosaurus arboreus Xenosaurus fractus Xenosaurus grandis Xenosaurus manipulus Xenosaurus mendozai Xenosaurus newmanorum Xenosaurus penai Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon Xenosaurus platyceps Xenosaurus rackhami Xenosaurus rectocollaris Xenosaurus sanmartinensis – San Martin knob-scaled lizard Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xenosaurus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.