Hoplocercidae Explained

Hoplocercidae are a family of lizards native to the tropical forests, woodlands and savanna-like habitats of Central and South America.^{[1] [2] [3]} Alternatively they are recognized as a subfamily, Hoplocercinae. 20 species in three genera are described.

Species

Family: Hoplocercidae

• Genus Enyalioides
  • Enyalioides altotambo Torres-Carvajal, Venegas, & de Queiroz, 2015 – Alto Tambo woodlizard
  • Enyalioides anisolepis Torres-Carvajal, Venegas, & de Queiroz, 2015 – rough-scaled woodlizard
  • Enyalioides annularis (O’Shaughnessy, 1881) – ringed manticore, ringed spinytail iguana
  • Enyalioides azulae Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran, & de Queiroz, 2013
  • Enyalioides binzayedi Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran, & de Queiroz, 2013
  • Enyalioides cofanorum Duellman, 1973 – Cofan woodlizard, Duellman's dwarf iguana
  • Enyalioides feiruzae Venegas, Chávez, García-Ayachi, Duran, & Torres-Carvajal, 2021
  • Enyalioides groi Dunn, 1933 – Dunn's spinytail lizard, Gro's manticore, Dunn's spinytail iguana
  • Enyalioides heterolepis (Bocourt, 1874) – Bocourt's dwarf iguana
  • Enyalioides laticeps (Guichenot, 1855) – broad-headed woodlizard, Guichenot's dwarf iguana
  • Enyalioides microlepis (O'Shaughnessy, 1881) – small-scaled woodlizard, tiny-scale dwarf iguana
  • Enyalioides oshaughnessyi (Boulenger, 1881) – red-eyed woodlizard, O'Shaughnessy's dwarf iguana
  • Enyalioides palpebralis (Boulenger, 1883) – horned woodlizard, Boulenger's dwarf iguana
  • Enyalioides peruvianus Köhler, 2003 – Cenepa manticore
  • Enyalioides praestabilis (O'Shaughnessy, 1881) – blue-spotted woodlizard
  • Enyalioides rubrigularis Torres-Carvajal, de Queiroz, & Etheridge, 2009 – red-throated woodlizard
  • Enyalioides rudolfarndti Venegas, Duran, Landauro, & Lujan, 2011
  • Enyalioides sophiarothschildae Torres-Carvajal, Venegas, & de Queiroz, 2015 – Rothschild's woodlizard
  • Enyalioides touzeti Torres-Carvajal, Almendáriz, Valencia, Yúnez-Muñoz, & Reyes, 2008 – Touzet's woodlizard
• Genus Hoplocercus
  • Hoplocercus spinosus Fitzinger, 1843 – spiny weapontail

References

• Frost, D.E. & Etheridge, R.E. 1989. A Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomy of Iguanian Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 81.

Further reading

• Torres-Carvajal O, Etheridge R, de Queiroz K . 2011 . A systematic revision of Neotropical lizards in the clade Hoplocercinae (Squamata: Iguania) . 10.11646/zootaxa.2752.1.1 . Zootaxa . 2752 . 1–44 .

Notes and References

1. Townsend . Mulcahy . Noonan . Sites Jr . Kuczynski . Wiens . Reeder . 2011 . Phylogeny of iguanian lizards inferred from 29 nuclear loci, and a comparison of concatenated and species-tree approaches for an ancient, rapid radiation . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 61 . 2 . 363–380 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.008 . 21787873 .
2. Wiens . Hutter . Mulcahy . Noonan . Townsend . Sites Jr. . Reeder . 2012 . Resolving the phylogeny of lizards and snakes (Squamata) with extensive sampling of genes and species . Biology Letters . 8 . 6 . 1043–1046 . 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0703 . 3497141 . 22993238.
3. Pyron . Burbrink . Wiens . 2013 . A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 13 . 93 . 10.1186/1471-2148-13-93 . 3682911 . 23627680 . free . 2013BMCEE..13...93P .