Encyclopedia
Hoplocercidae
Family of lizards
Hoplocercidae are a family of lizards native to the tropical forests, woodlands and savanna-like habitats of Central and South America. 20 species in two genera are described.
01Species
Family: Hoplocercidae
- Genus Enyalioides
- Enyalioides altotambo Torres-Carvajal, Venegas, & de Queiroz, 2015, Alto Tambo woodlizard
- Enyalioides anisolepis Torres-Carvajal, Venegas, & de Queiroz, 2015, rough-scaled woodlizard
- Enyalioides annularis (O’Shaughnessy, 1881), ringed manticore, ringed spinytail iguana
- Enyalioides azulae Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran, & de Queiroz, 2013
- Enyalioides binzayedi Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran, & de Queiroz, 2013
- Enyalioides cofanorum Duellman, 1973, Cofan woodlizard, Duellman's dwarf iguana
- Enyalioides feiruzae Venegas, Chávez, García-Ayachi, Duran, & Torres-Carvajal, 2021
- Enyalioides groi Dunn, 1933, Dunn's spinytail lizard, Gro's manticore, Dunn's spinytail iguana
- Enyalioides heterolepis (Bocourt, 1874), Bocourt's dwarf iguana
- Enyalioides laticeps (Guichenot, 1855), broad-headed woodlizard, Guichenot's dwarf iguana
- Enyalioides microlepis (O'Shaughnessy, 1881), small-scaled woodlizard, tiny-scale dwarf iguana
- Enyalioides oshaughnessyi (Boulenger, 1881), red-eyed woodlizard, O'Shaughnessy's dwarf iguana
- Enyalioides palpebralis (Boulenger, 1883), horned woodlizard, Boulenger's dwarf iguana
- Enyalioides peruvianus Köhler, 2003, Cenepa manticore
- Enyalioides praestabilis (O'Shaughnessy, 1881), blue-spotted woodlizard
- Enyalioides rubrigularis Torres-Carvajal, de Queiroz, & Etheridge, 2009, red-throated woodlizard
- Enyalioides rudolfarndti Venegas, Duran, Landauro, & Lujan, 2011
- Enyalioides sophiarothschildae Torres-Carvajal, Venegas, & de Queiroz, 2015, Rothschild's woodlizard
- Enyalioides touzeti Torres-Carvajal, Almendáriz, Valencia, Yúnez-Muñoz, & Reyes, 2008, Touzet's woodlizard
- Genus Hoplocercus
- Hoplocercus spinosus Fitzinger, 1843, spiny weapontail
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Hoplocercidae”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Holotype of Enyalioides binzayedi - ZooKeys-277-069-g007-top.jpg by Venegas P, Torres-Carvajal O, Duran V, Queiroz K, CC BY 3.0
Fathomly is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Spotted a problem? Tell us.