Genus of lizards
Xenosaurus is a genus of lizards; it is the only extant genus in the family Xenosauridae, with 14 species currently recognized. Also known as knob-scaled lizards, they can found in southwestern Tamaulipas and eastern Guerrero in Mexico. 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.
"Nota bene": A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than "Xenosaurus".
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