Enyalioides
Encyclopedia
Enyalioides is a genus
of lizard
from the Hoplocercidae
family which is found in the northern part of South America
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of lizard
Lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 3800 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains...
from the Hoplocercidae
Hoplocercidae
Family Hoplocercidae, or the hoplocercids, are a family of lizards native to the tropical forests of Central and South America. There are ten described species in three genera...
family which is found in the northern part of South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
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Species
Currently 9 species are recognized::- Cofan Wood Lizard, Enyalioides cofanorum Duellman, 1973
- Enyalioides heterolepis (Bocourt, 1874)
- Amazon Wood Lizard, * Enyalioides laticepsEnyalioides laticepsThe Amazon Wood Lizard , also known as Guichenot's Dwarf Iguana is a species of reptile in the genus Enyalioides, native to the western part of the Amazon basin, notably in Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru....
(Guichenot, 1855) - Brown Wood Lizard, Enyalioides microlepis (O’shaughnessy, 1881)
- Enyalioides oshaughnessyi (Boulenger, 1881)
- Horned Wood LizardHorned Wood LizardThe Horned Wood Lizard is a species of reptile in the genus Enyalioides, native to Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru....
, Enyalioides palpebralis (Boulenger, 1883) - Blue-spotted Wood LizardBlue-spotted Wood LizardThe Blue-spotted Wood Lizard is a species of reptile in the genus Enyalioides, native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
, Enyalioides praestabilis (O’shaughnessy, 1881) - Enyalioides rubrigularisEnyalioides rubrigularisThe Red-throated Wood Lizard is a species of reptile in the genus Enyalioides, native to Ecuador and Peru.This species has been recently reported in the Peruvian Amazon, near the town of Tingo Maria, in Huanuco....
Torres-Carvajal, De Queiroz & Etheridge, 2009 - Enyalioides touzeti Torres-Carvajal, Almendáriz, Yúnez-Muños & Reyes, 2008