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.<ref name="RDB">"Xenosauridae" and "Xenosaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.</ref> Also known as knob-scaled lizards, they can found in southwestern Tamaulipas and eastern Guerrero in Mexico.<ref name=":0"> Template:Cite journal </ref> These lizards are known to feed on a variety of crawling and flying insects. This genus mostly eats orthopterans, coleopterans (beetles), dipterans, and myriapods.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
SpeciesEdit
The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.<ref name="RDB" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Xenosaurus agrenon Template:Small
- Xenosaurus arboreus Template:Small
- Xenosaurus fractus Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- Xenosaurus grandis Template:Small
- Xenosaurus manipulus Template:Small
- Xenosaurus mendozai Template:Small
- Xenosaurus newmanorum Template:Small
- Xenosaurus penai Template:Small
- Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon Template:Small
- Xenosaurus platyceps Template:Small
- Xenosaurus rackhami Template:Small
- Xenosaurus rectocollaris Template:Small
- Xenosaurus sanmartinensis Template:Small - San Martin knob-scaled lizard
- Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus Template:Small
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 readingEdit
- 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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