Xenosaurus
Genus of lizards
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Xenosaurus is a genus of lizards; it is the only extant genus in the family Xenosauridae, with 14 species recognized.[2] Also known commonly as knob-scaled lizards, species of Xenosaurus can found in Mexico[3] 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.[4]
| Xenosaurus | |
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| Xenosaurus platyceps | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Anguimorpha |
| Family: | Xenosauridae |
| Genus: | Xenosaurus W. Peters, 1861[1] |
Species
The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.[2][5]
- Xenosaurus agrenon King & F.G. Thompson, 1968
- Xenosaurus arboreus Lynch & H.M. Smith, 1965
- Xenosaurus fractus Nieto-Montes de Oca, Sánchez-Vega & Durán-Fuentes, 2018[6]
- Xenosaurus grandis (Gray, 1856)
- Xenosaurus manipulus Nieto-Montes de Oca, Castresana-Villanueva, Canseco-Márquez & Campbell, 2022
- Xenosaurus mendozai Nieto-Montes de Oca et al., 2013
- Xenosaurus newmanorum Taylor, 1949
- Xenosaurus penai Pérez Ramos, L. de la Riva & Campbell, 2000
- Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon Nieto-Montes de Oca, Campbell & Flores-Villela, 2001
- Xenosaurus platyceps King & Thompson, 1968
- Xenosaurus rackhami L.C. Stuart, 1941
- Xenosaurus rectocollaris H.M. Smith & Iverson, 1993
- Xenosaurus sanmartinensis Werler & Shannon, 1961 – San Martin knob-scaled lizard
- Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus Woolrich-Piña & G.R. Smith, 2012
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Xenosaurus.
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