Enyalioides
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Enyalioides is a genus of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae.<ref name=RDB/><ref name=ITIS/> The genus is native to the northern part of South America and Panama.<ref name="Venegas et al. 2013"/>
They are also referred to as woodlizards,<ref name="Venegas et al. 2013">Template:Cite journal</ref> although individual species are also called dwarf iguanas.<ref name=ITIS/>
Species
The following 19 species are recognized as being valid.<ref name=RDB/>
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enyalioides altotambo Template:Small | tropical northwestern Andes in Ecuador | ||
| Enyalioides anisolepis Template:Small | Amazonian slopes of the Andes range in southern Ecuador and northern Peru. | ||
| Enyalioides annularis Template:Small | ringed manticore, ringed spinytail iguana | Ecuador,southern Colombia | |
| Enyalioides azulae Template:Small<ref name="Venegas et al. 2013"/> | Peru | ||
| Enyalioides binzayedi Template:Small<ref name="Venegas et al. 2013"/> | Peru | ||
| Enyalioides cofanorum Template:Small | Cofán wood lizard, Duellman's dwarf iguana | Colombia and Ecuador | |
| Enyalioides feiruzae Template:Small | Río Huallaga Basin, Peru | ||
| Enyalioides groi Template:Small | Gro’s manticores, Dunn's spinytail lizard, Dunn's spinytail iguana | Panama, northwestern Colombia | |
| Enyalioides heterolepis Template:Small | Bocourt's dwarf iguana | Colombia, Ecuador, Panama | |
| Enyalioides laticeps Template:Small | Amazon wood lizard | Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru | |
| Enyalioides microlepis Template:Small | small-scaled woodlizard, tiny-scale dwarf iguana | Ecuador (east of the Andes), southern Colombia, northern Peru | |
| Enyalioides oshaughnessyi Template:Small | red-eyed woodlizard, O'Shaughnessy's dwarf iguana | northern Ecuador, southern Colombia | |
| Enyalioides palpebralis Template:Small | horned wood lizard | northern Bolivia, western Brazil, and eastern Peru | |
| Enyalioides peruvianus Template:Small | Cenepa manticore | northern Peru | |
| Enyalioides praestabilis Template:Small | blue-spotted wood lizard | Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru | |
| Enyalioides rubrigularis Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | red-throated wood lizard | Ecuador | |
| Enyalioides rudolfarndti Template:Small | central Peru | ||
| Enyalioides sophiarothschildae Template:Small | Cordillera Central in northeastern Peru | ||
| Enyalioides touzeti Template:Small<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> | Touzet's woodlizard | southwestern Ecuador (Azuay Province), northwestern Peru |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Enyalioides.
References
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Enyaliodes, new genus, p. 112).