Hoplocercidae are a family of lizards native to the

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s, woodlands and savanna-like habitats of

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and

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. Alternatively they are recognized as a subfamily, Hoplocercinae. 20

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in three

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are described.

Species

Family: Hoplocercidae * Genus ''

Enyalioides ''Enyalioides'' is a genus of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. The genus is native to the northern part of South America and Panama. They are also referred to as woodlizards, although individual species are also called dwarf iguanas. Speci ...

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Enyalioides altotambo ''Enyalioides altotambo'', the Alto Tambo woodlizard, is a species of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. It is endemic to the tropical northwestern Andes in Ecuador. It is named after its type locality, Alto Tambo in the Esmeraldas Province. ...

'' Torres-Carvajal, Venegas, & de Queiroz, 2015 – Alto Tambo woodlizard ** ''

Enyalioides anisolepis ''Enyalioides anisolepis'' the rough-scaled woodlizard, is a species of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. It is known from the Amazonian slopes of the Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continen ...

'' Torres-Carvajal, Venegas, & de Queiroz, 2015 – rough-scaled woodlizard ** ''

Enyalioides azulae ''Enyalioides azulae'' is a species of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. It is known from only its type locality in the Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Esc ...

'' Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran, & de Queiroz, 2013 ** ''

Enyalioides binzayedi ''Enyalioides binzayedi'' is a species of lizards in the genus ''Enyalioides'' known from only one location in the Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru. The lizard is named after Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nah ...

'' Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran, & de Queiroz, 2013 ** ''

Enyalioides cofanorum ''Enyalioides cofanorum'', also known commonly as the Cofan woodlizard, Duellman's dwarf iguana, and ''lagartija de palo cofanes'' in Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Hoplocercidae. The species is native to northwestern South Ameri ...

'' Duellman, 1973 – Cofan woodlizard, Duellman's dwarf iguana ** ''

Enyalioides feiruzae ''Enyalioides feiruzae'' is a species of wood lizard in the genus '' Enyalioides'', from the Peruvian Yungas. "''Enyalioides feiruzae'' ". The Reptile Database. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Enyalioides&species=feiruzae Mal ...

'' Venegas, Chávez, García-Ayachi, Duran, & Torres-Carvajal, 2021 ** ''

Enyalioides heterolepis ''Enyalioides heterolepis'', Bocourt's dwarf iguana, is a species of lizards in the genus ''Enyalioides'', from Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Repu ...

'' ( Bocourt, 1874) – Bocourt's dwarf iguana ** '' Enyalioides laticeps'' ( Guichenot, 1855) – broad-headed woodlizard, Guichenot's dwarf iguana ** ''

Enyalioides microlepis ''Enyalioides microlepis'', the small-scaled woodlizard or tiny-scale dwarf iguana, is a species of lizards in the genus ''Enyalioides'', from Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatu ...

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, 1881) – small-scaled woodlizard, tiny-scale dwarf iguana ** ''

Enyalioides oshaughnessyi ''Enyalioides oshaughnessyi'', the red-eyed woodlizard or O'Shaughnessy's dwarf iguana, is a species of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. It occurs in southern Colombia and northern Ecuador. The specific name ''oshaughnessyi'' honors Arthur O' ...

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, 1881) – red-eyed woodlizard, O'Shaughnessy's dwarf iguana ** ''

Enyalioides palpebralis ''Enyalioides'' is a genus of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. The genus is native to the northern part of South America and Panama. They are also referred to as woodlizards, although individual species are also called dwarf iguanas. Specie ...

'' (

, 1883) – horned woodlizard, Boulenger's dwarf iguana ** ''

Enyalioides praestabilis The blue-spotted woodlizard (''Enyalioides praestabilis'') is a species of reptile in the genus ''Enyalioides'', native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional d ...

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, 1881) – blue-spotted woodlizard ** '' Enyalioides rubrigularis'' Torres-Carvajal, de Queiroz, & Etheridge, 2009 – red-throated woodlizard ** '' Enyalioides rudolfarndti'' Venegas, Duran, Landauro, & Lujan, 2011 ** ''

Enyalioides sophiarothschildae ''Enyalioides sophiarothschildae'', or the Rothschild's woodlizard, is a species of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an islan ...

'' Torres-Carvajal, Venegas, & de Queiroz, 2015 – Rothschild's woodlizard ** ''

Enyalioides touzeti ''Enyalioides touzeti'', also known as Touzet's woodlizard, is a species of lizard in the family Hoplocercidae. It occurs on the western Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador and northern Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , ...

'' Torres-Carvajal, Almendáriz, Valencia, Yúnez-Muñoz, & Reyes, 2008 – Touzet's woodlizard * Genus ''

Hoplocercus The spiny weapontail (''Hoplocercus spinosus'') is a lizard belonging to the monotypic genus ''Hoplocercus''. It is found in the Cerrado and adjacent Cerrado–Amazon rainforest, Amazon mosaics in Brazil and Bolivia. It is quite distantly related ...

'' ** '' Hoplocercus spinosus'' Fitzinger, 1843 – spiny weapontail * Genus ''

Morunasaurus ''Morunasaurus'' is a genus of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. The genus is endemic to northwestern South America and extreme southeastern Central America. Species The genus ''Morunasaurus'' contains three species which are recognized as ...

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Morunasaurus annularis ''Enyalioides annularis'', known commonly as the ringed manticore or the ringed spinytail iguana, is a species of lizard in the family Hoplocercidae. The species is endemic to northwestern South America. Little is known of its lifestyle. Geogr ...

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, 1881) – ringed manticore, ringed spinytail iguana ** ''

Morunasaurus groi ''Enyalioides groi'', known Common name, commonly as Gro's manticore, Dunn's spinytail iguana, or Dunn's spinytail lizard, is a species of lizard in the Family (biology), family Hoplocercidae. The species is native to northwestern South America a ...

'' Dunn, 1933 – Gro's manticore, Dunn's spinytail iguana ** ''

Morunasaurus peruvianus ''Enyalioides peruvianus'', known commonly as the Cenepa manticore, is a species of lizard in the family Hoplocercidae. The species is endemic to Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo naciona ...

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, 2003 – Cenepa manticore

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.

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