Xenosaurus

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

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Xenosaurus.

References

Further reading

• Peters W (1861). "Eine neue Gattung von Eidechsen, Xenosaurus fasciatus, aus Mexico [= A new genus of lizards, Xenosaurus fasciatus, from Mexico]". Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie zu Berlin 1861: 453–454. (Xenosaurus, new genus). (in German).

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