Echinosaura
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| Echinosaura | |
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| Echinosaura palmeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Tribe: | Cercosaurini |
| Genus: | Echinosaura Boulenger, 1890 |
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Eight, see text. | |
Echinosaura is a genus of lizards, called commonly the spined tegus, in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is native to Central America and South America.
Species of Echinosaura occur in tropical rainforests of Panama and South America.
Description
Spined tegu lizards are normally brown in color and have spines on the head, torso, and tail.
