Xenosaurus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Xenosauridae
- Genus
- Xenosaurus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Xenosaurus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
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 (beetles), dipterans, and myriapods.
...Xenosaurus in languages:
- English
- Knob-scaled Lizards
- Japanese
- コブトカゲ属
- Russian
- Ксенозавры
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