Xenosaurus is a genus of lizards; it is the only extant genus in the family Xenosauridae, with 14 species recognized."Xenosauridae" and "Xenosaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. 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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