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Knob-scaled Lizards
Xenosaurus
Xenosaurus is a genus of lizards, the only genus in the family Xenosauridae.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species

Knob-scaled Lizard
speciesXenosaurus grandis

Flathead Knob-scaled Lizard
speciesXenosaurus platyceps

Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus
speciesXenosaurus tzacualtipantecus

Xenosaurus sanmartinensis
speciesXenosaurus sanmartinensis

mountain knob-scaled lizard
speciesXenosaurus agrenon

Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon
speciesXenosaurus phalaroanthereon

Xenosaurus fractus
speciesXenosaurus fractus

Pallid Knob-scaled Lizard
speciesXenosaurus rectocollaris

Xenosaurus rackhami
speciesXenosaurus rackhami

Newman's Knob-scaled Lizard
speciesXenosaurus newmanorum

Xenosaurus mendozai
speciesXenosaurus mendozai

Xenosaurus manipulus
speciesXenosaurus manipulus
Xenosaurus arboreus
speciesXenosaurus arboreus
Xenosaurus penai
speciesXenosaurus penai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Xenosaurus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39519.