Echinosaura
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| Echinosaura | |
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| Echinosaura palmeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Tribe: | Cercosaurini |
| Genus: | Echinosaura Boulenger, 1890 |
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Echinosaura is a genus of lizards, called commonly the spined tegus, in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Central America and South America.
Geographic range and habitat[edit]
Species of Echinosaura occur in tropical rainforests of Panama and South America.
Description[edit]
Spined tegu lizards are normally brown in color and have spines on the head, torso, and tail.
Species[edit]
8 species are recognised:[1]
- Echinosaura brachycephala G. Köhler, Böhme & Schmitz, 2004
- Echinosaura centralis Dunn, 1944
- Echinosaura fischerorum Yánez-Muñoz, Torres-Carvajal, Reyes-Puig, Urgiles-Merchán, & Koch, 2021
- Echinosaura horrida Boulenger, 1890 - rough teiid
- Echinosaura keyi Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969 - Key tegu
- Echinosaura orcesi Fritts, Almendáriz & Samec, 2002
- Echinosaura palmeri Boulenger, 1911 - Palmer's teiid
- Echinosaura panamensis Barbour, 1924 - Panama teiid
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Echinosaura ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading[edit]
- Boulenger GA (1890). "First Report on Additions to the Lizard Collection in the British Museum (Natural History)". Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1890: 77-86 + Plates VIII-XI. (Echinosaura, new genus, pp. 82–83; E. horrida, new species, p. 83 + Plate X, figures 1, 1a, 1b).
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