Xenosaurus

Xenosaurus grandis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoanguimorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha

Familia: Xenosauridae
Genus: Xenosaurus
Species (14): X. agrenon – X. arboreus – X. fractus – X. grandis – X. manipulus – X. mendozai – X. newmanorum – X. penai – X. phalaroanthereon – X. platyceps – X. rackhami – X. rectocollaris – X. sanmartinensis – X. tzacualtipantecus

Name

Xenosaurus Peters, 1861: 453

• Type species: Xenosaurus fasciatus Peters, 1861, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1861. Eine neue Gattung von Eidechsen, Xenosaurus fasciatus aus Mexico. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussische Akademie des Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1861: 453–454. BHL

Additional references

• Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Flores-Villela, O. & Campbell, J.A. 2001. A new species of Xenosaurus (Squamata: Xenosauridae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico. Herpetologica 57(1): 32–47. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Woolrich-Piña, G.A. & Smith, G.R. 2012. A New Species of Xenosaurus from the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico. Herpetologica 68(4): 551–559. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00018 Reference page. 
• Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., García-Vázquez, U.O., Zúñiga-Vega, J.J. & Schmidt-Ballardo, W. 2013. A new species of Xenosaurus (Squamata: Xenosauridae) from the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve of Querétaro, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 84(2): 485–498. DOI: 10.7550/rmb.35733 Reference page. 
• Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Barley, A.J., Meza-Lázaro, R.N., García-Vázquez, U.O., Zamora-Abrego, J.G., Thomson, R.C. & Leaché, A.D. 2017. Phylogenomics and species delimitation in the knob-scaled lizards of the genus Xenosaurus (Squamata: Xenosauridae) using ddRADseq data reveal a substantial underestimation of diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 106: 241–253. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.001 Reference page. 
• Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Sánchez-Vega, H. & Durán-Fuentes, I. 2018. A new species of knob-scaled lizard (Xenosauridae, Xenosaurus) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Puebla, Mexico. ZooKeys 737: 141–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.737.15095. Reference page. 
• Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Castresana-Villanueva, N., Canseco-Márquez, L. & Campbell, J.A. 2022. A New Species of Xenosaurus (Squamata: Xenosauridae) from the Sierra de Juárez of Oaxaca, Mexico. Herpetologica 78(1): 40–50. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-21-00041.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Xenosaurus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 April 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Knob-scaled Lizards

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