Enyalioides

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Enyalioides

Enyalioides is a genus of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae.[1][2] The genus is native to the northern part of South America and Panama.[3]

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Enyalioides
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Enyalioides rubrigularis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Hoplocercidae
Genus: Enyalioides
Boulenger, 1885
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They are also referred to as woodlizards,[3] although individual species are also called dwarf iguanas.[2]

Species

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The following 19 species are recognized as being valid.[1]

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ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
ThumbEnyalioides altotambo Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & de Queiroz, 2015tropical northwestern Andes in Ecuador
ThumbEnyalioides anisolepis Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & de Queiroz, 2015Amazonian slopes of the Andes range in southern Ecuador and northern Peru.
ThumbEnyalioides annularis (O’Shaughnessy, 1881)ringed manticore, ringed spinytail iguanaEcuador,southern Colombia
ThumbEnyalioides azulae Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran & de Queiroz, 2013[3]Peru
ThumbEnyalioides binzayedi Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran & de Queiroz, 2013[3]Peru
ThumbEnyalioides cofanorum Duellman, 1973Cofán wood lizard, Duellman's dwarf iguanaColombia and Ecuador
ThumbEnyalioides feiruzae Venegas, Chávez, García-Ayachi, Duran & Torres-Carvajal, 2021Río Huallaga Basin, Peru
ThumbEnyalioides groi Dunn, 1933Gro’s manticores, Dunn's spinytail lizard, Dunn's spinytail iguanaPanama, northwestern Colombia
ThumbEnyalioides heterolepis (Bocourt, 1874)Bocourt's dwarf iguanaColombia, Ecuador, Panama
ThumbEnyalioides laticeps (Guichenot, 1855)Amazon wood lizardColombia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru
Enyalioides microlepis (O’Shaughnessy, 1881)small-scaled woodlizard, tiny-scale dwarf iguanaEcuador (east of the Andes), southern Colombia, northern Peru
Thumb Enyalioides oshaughnessyi (Boulenger, 1881)red-eyed woodlizard, O'Shaughnessy's dwarf iguananorthern Ecuador, southern Colombia
ThumbEnyalioides palpebralis (Boulenger, 1883)horned wood lizardnorthern Bolivia, western Brazil, and eastern Peru
Enyalioides peruvianus Köhler, 2003Cenepa manticorenorthern Peru
ThumbEnyalioides praestabilis (O’Shaughnessy, 1881)blue-spotted wood lizardColombia, Ecuador, and Peru
ThumbEnyalioides rubrigularis Torres-Carvajal, De Queiroz & Etheridge, 2009[4]red-throated wood lizardEcuador
ThumbEnyalioides rudolfarndti Venegas, Duran, Landauro & Lujan, 2011central Peru
Enyalioides sophiarothschildae Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & de Queiroz, 2015Cordillera Central in northeastern Peru
Enyalioides touzeti Torres-Carvajal, Almendáriz, Valencia, Yánez-Muñoz & Reyes, 2008[5]Touzet's woodlizardsouthwestern Ecuador (Azuay Province), northwestern Peru
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Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Enyalioides.

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