Xenosaurus is agenus oflizards; it is the only extant genus in thefamilyXenosauridae, with 14 species currently recognized.[2] Also known asknob-scaled lizards, they can found in southwesternTamaulipas and easternGuerrero in Mexico.[3] These lizards are known to feed on a variety of crawling and flying insects. This genus mostly eats orthopterans, coleopterans (beetles), dipterans, and myriapods.[4]
^"Xenosaurus ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
^ab"Xenosauridae" and "Xenosaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
^Nieto-Montes de Oca A, Barley AJ, Meza-Lázaro RN, García-Vázquez UO, Zamora-Abrego JG, Thomson RC, Leaché AD (January 2017). "Phylogenomics and species delimitation in the knob-scaled lizards of the genusXenosaurus (Squamata: Xenosauridae) using ddRADseq data reveal a substantial underestimation of diversity".Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.106:241–253.doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.09.001.PMID27720785.
Peters W (1861). "Eine neue Gattung von Eidechsen,Xenosaurus fasciatus, aus Mexico [= A new genus of lizards,Xenosaurus fasciatus, from Mexico]".Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie zu Berlin1861: 453–454. (Xenosaurus, new genus). (in German).
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