Xenosaurus
| Xenosaurus | |
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| Xenosaurus grandis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Anguimorpha |
| Family: | Xenosauridae |
| Genus: | Xenosaurus W. Peters, 1861[1] |
Xenosaurus is a genus of lizards, the only genus in the family Xenosauridae.[2]
Species
The following ten species are recognized as being valid.[2][3]
- Xenosaurus agrenon King & F.G. Thompson, 1968
- Xenosaurus grandis (Gray, 1856)
- Xenosaurus mendozai Nieto-Montes de Oca et al., 2013
- Xenosaurus newmanorum Taylor, 1949
- Xenosaurus penai Pérez Ramos, de la Riva & Campbell, 2000
- Xenosaurus phalaroantheron Nieto-Montes de Oca, Campbell & Flores-Villela, 2001
- Xenosaurus platyceps King & Thompson, 1968
- Xenosaurus rackhami L.C. Stuart, 1941
- Xenosaurus rectocollaris H.M. Smith & Iverson, 1993
- Xenosaurus tzacualtipanecus Woolrich-Piña & G.R. Smith, 2012
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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