Hoplocercidae

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. Sixteen species in three genera are described.

Hoplocercidae
Enyalioides binzayedi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Clade:	Pleurodonta
Family:	Hoplocercidae
Genera
3 genera (16 recognized species), see article.

Species

Family: Hoplocercidae

• Genus Enyalioides
  • Enyalioides azulae
  • Enyalioides binzayedi
  • Cofan wood lizard – Enyalioides cofanorum
  • Bocourt's dwarf iguana – Enyalioides heterolepis
  • Amazon wood lizard – Enyalioides laticeps
  • Brown wood lizard – Enyalioides microlepis
  • O'shaughnessy's dwarf iguana – Enyalioides oshaughnessyi
  • Horned wood lizard – Enyalioides palpebralis
  • Blue-spotted wood lizard – Enyalioides praestabilis
  • Enyalioides rubrigularis
  • Enyalioides rudolfarndti
  • Enyalioides touzeti
• Genus Hoplocercus
  • Brazilian spiny-tailed lizard or weapontail – Hoplocercus spinosus
• Genus Morunasaurus
  • Ringed spinytail iguana – Morunasaurus annularis
  • Dunn's spinytail lizard – Morunasaurus groi
  • Cenepa manticores – Morunasaurus peruvianus

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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.008. PMID 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. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.0703. PMC 3497141. PMID 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. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-13-93. PMC 3682911. PMID 23627680.

• 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)". Zootaxa. 2752: 1–44. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2752.1.1.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)