Xenosaurus | |
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Xenosaurus platyceps | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Xenosauridae |
Genus: |
Xenosaurus W. Peters, 1861 [1] |
Xenosaurus is a genus of lizards; it is the only extant genus in the family Xenosauridae, with 14 species currently recognized. [2] Also known as knob-scaled lizards, they can found in southwestern Tamaulipas and eastern Guerrero in Mexico. [3] 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]
The following 14 species are recognized as being valid. [2] [5]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Xenosaurus.
Xenosaurus | |
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Xenosaurus platyceps | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Xenosauridae |
Genus: |
Xenosaurus W. Peters, 1861 [1] |
Xenosaurus is a genus of lizards; it is the only extant genus in the family Xenosauridae, with 14 species currently recognized. [2] Also known as knob-scaled lizards, they can found in southwestern Tamaulipas and eastern Guerrero in Mexico. [3] 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]
The following 14 species are recognized as being valid. [2] [5]
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Xenosaurus.