Xenosaurus is a genus of lizards; it is the only extant genus in the family Xenosauridae, with 14 species recognized. Also known commonly as knob-scaled lizards, species of Xenosaurus can found in Mexico and Guatemala. These lizards are known to feed on a variety of crawling and flying insects. This genus mostly eats orthopterans, coleopterans (beetles), dipterans, and myriapods.
Species
The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.
- Xenosaurus agrenon
- Xenosaurus arboreus
- Xenosaurus fractus
- Xenosaurus grandis
- Xenosaurus manipulus
- Xenosaurus mendozai
- Xenosaurus newmanorum
- Xenosaurus penai
- Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon
- Xenosaurus platyceps
- Xenosaurus rackhami
- Xenosaurus rectocollaris
- Xenosaurus sanmartinensis – San Martin knob-scaled lizard
- Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus
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).