Hoplocercidae

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Hoplocercinae Phylum Chordata Rank Family		Suborder Iguania Scientific name Hoplocercidae Higher classification Iguania Order Scaled reptiles

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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