Hoplocercidae are a family of lizards native to the tropical forests, woodlands and savanna-like habitats of Central and South America.[1][2][3] Alternatively they are recognized as a subfamily , Hoplocercinae. 20 species in two genera are described.
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| Enyalioides binzayedi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Clade: | Pleurodonta |
| Family: | Hoplocercidae Frost & Etheridge, 1989 |
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2 genera (20 recognized species), see article. | |
Species
editFamily: 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
References
edit- ^ Townsend; Mulcahy; Noonan; Sites Jr; Kuczynski; Wiens; Reeder (2011). "Phylogeny of iguanian lizards inferred from 29 nuclear loci, and a comparison of concatenated and species-tree approaches for an ancient, rapid radiation". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 61 (2): 363–380. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.008. PMID 21787873.
- ^ Wiens; Hutter; Mulcahy; Noonan; Townsend; Sites Jr.; Reeder (2012). "Resolving the phylogeny of lizards and snakes (Squamata) with extensive sampling of genes and species". Biology Letters. 8 (6): 1043–1046. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0703. PMC 3497141. PMID 22993238.
- ^ Pyron; Burbrink; Wiens (2013). "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13: 93. Bibcode:2013BMCEE..13...93P. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMC 3682911. PMID 23627680.
- Frost, D.E. & Etheridge, R.E. 1989. A Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomy of Iguanian Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 81.
Further reading
edit- Torres-Carvajal O, Etheridge R, de Queiroz K (2011). "A systematic revision of Neotropical lizards in the clade Hoplocercinae (Squamata: Iguania)". Zootaxa. 2752: 1–44. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2752.1.1.
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