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Hoplocercidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Hoplocercinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Family

Suborder
  
Iguania

Scientific name
  
Hoplocercidae

Higher classification
  
Iguania

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

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Similar
  
Opluridae, Reptile, Crotaphytinae, Leiosauridae, Enyalioides

Subfamily Hoplocercinae, or the hoplocercins, previously Hoplocercidae, are a subfamily of lizards native to the tropical forests of Central and South America. Sixteen species in three genera are described.

Species

Subfamily: Hoplocercinae

  • Genus Enyalioides
  • Enyalioides azulae
  • Enyalioides binzayedi
  • Cofan wood lizard - Enyalioides cofanorum
  • Bocourt's dwarf iguana - Enyalioides heterolepis
  • Amazon wood lizard - Enyalioides laticeps
  • Brown wood lizard - Enyalioides microlepis
  • O'shaughnessy's dwarf iguana - Enyalioides oshaughnessyi
  • Horned wood lizard - Enyalioides palpebralis
  • Blue-spotted wood lizard - Enyalioides praestabilis
  • Enyalioides rubrigularis
  • Enyalioides rudolfarndti
  • Enyalioides touzeti
  • Genus Hoplocercus
  • Brazilian spiny-tailed lizard or weapontail - Hoplocercus spinosus
  • Genus Morunasaurus
  • Ringed spinytail iguana - Morunasaurus annularis
  • Dunn's spinytail lizard - Morunasaurus groi
  • Cenepa manticores - Morunasaurus peruvianus

    • References

    Hoplocercidae Wikipedia
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