Hoplocercidae
| Hoplocercidae | |
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| Enyalioides binzayedi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Clade: | Pleurodonta |
| Family: | Hoplocercidae |
| Genera | |
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3 genera (16 recognized species), see article. | |
Hoplocercidae are a family of lizards native to the tropical forests, woodlands and savanna-like habitats of Central and South America.[1][2][3] Alternatively they are recognized as a subfamily, Hoplocercinae. 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
- ↑ Townsend; Mulcahy; Noonan; Sites Jr; Kuczynski; Wiens; Reeder (2011). "Phylogeny of iguanian lizards inferred from 29 nuclear loci, and a comparison of concatenated and species-tree approaches for an ancient, rapid radiation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61 (2): 363–380. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.008.
- ↑ Wiens; Hutter; Mulcahy; Noonan; Townsend; Sites Jr.; Reeder (2012). "Resolving the phylogeny of lizards and snakes (Squamata) with extensive sampling of genes and species". Biology Letters. 8 (6): 1043–1046. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0703. PMC 3497141.
- ↑ Pyron; Burbrink; Wiens (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13: 93. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93.
- 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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