| Xenosaurus | |
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| Xenosaurus platyceps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Xenosauridae |
| Genus: | Xenosaurus W. Peters, 1861[1] |
Xenosaurus is a genus of lizards; it is the only extant genus in the family Xenosauridae, with 14 species currently recognized.[2] Also known as knob-scaled lizards, they can found in southwestern Tamaulipas and eastern Guerrero 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.
- ^ "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 genus Xenosaurus (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. PMID 27720785.
- ^ Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Ballinger RE (2003). "Diets of Three Species of Knob-Scaled Lizards (Genus Xenosaurus) from México". The Southwestern Naturalist. 48 (1): 119–122. doi:10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0119:DOTSOK>2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3672749.