Xenosaurus

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Xenosaurus is a genus of lizards; it is the only extant genus in the family Xenosauridae, with 14 species currently recognized.[1] Also known as knob-scaled lizards, they can found in southwestern Tamaulipas and eastern Guerrero in Mexico.[2] These lizards are known to feed on a variety of crawling and flying insects. This genus mostly eats orthopterans, coleopterans (beetles), dipterans, and myriapods.[3]

Species

The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.[1][4]

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

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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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  1. a b "Xenosauridae" and "Xenosaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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