Xenosaurus is a genus of lizards; it is the only extant genus in the familyXenosauridae, with 14 species recognized.[2] Also known commonly as knob-scaled lizards, species of Xenosaurus can found in Mexico[3] 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.[4]
Species
The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.[2][5]
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 Berlin1861: 453–454. (Xenosaurus, new genus). (in German).
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