Editing Xenosaurus (section)

{{Short description|Genus of lizards}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Xenosaurus''
| image = Xenosaurus platyceps WLF-368-4X, Municipio Victoria; 12 July 2004.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Xenosaurus platyceps]]''
| taxon = Xenosaurus
| authority = [[Wilhelm Peters|W. Peters]], 1861<ref>"''Xenosaurus'' ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.</ref>
}}

'''''Xenosaurus''''' is a [[genus]] of [[lizard]]s; it is the only extant genus in the [[Family (biology)|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">
{{Cite journal|vauthors=Nieto-Montes de Oca A, Barley AJ, Meza-Lázaro RN, García-Vázquez UO, Zamora-Abrego JG, Thomson RC, Leaché AD|date=January 2017|title=Phylogenomics and species delimitation in the knob-scaled lizards of the genus ''Xenosaurus'' (Squamata: Xenosauridae) using ddRADseq data reveal a substantial underestimation of diversity|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=106|pages=241–253|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.001|pmid=27720785}}
</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>{{Cite journal|vauthors=Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Ballinger RE|date=2003|title=Diets of Three Species of Knob-Scaled Lizards (Genus Xenosaurus) from México|jstor=3672749|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|volume=48|issue=1|pages=119–122|doi=10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0119:DOTSOK>2.0.CO;2}}</ref>