Xenosaurus
Xenosaurus is a genus of lizards; it is the only extant genus in the family Xenosauridae, with 14 species currently recognized. Also known as knob-scaled lizards, they can found in southwestern Tamaulipas and eastern Guerrero in Mexico. These lizards are known to feed on a variety of crawling and flying insects. This genus mostly eats orthopterans, coleopterans, dipterans, and myriapods.
Species
The following 14 species are recognized as being valid.- Xenosaurus agrenon
- Xenosaurus arboreus
- Xenosaurus fractus
- Xenosaurus grandis
- Xenosaurus manipulus
- Xenosaurus mendozai
- Xenosaurus newmanorum
- Xenosaurus penai
- Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon
- Xenosaurus platyceps
- Xenosaurus rackhami
- Xenosaurus rectocollaris
- Xenosaurus sanmartinensis - San Martin knob-scaled lizard
- Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus