Hoplocercidae

Hoplocercinae
Enyalioides palpebralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Iguanidae
Subfamily:	Hoplocercinae
Genera
3 genera (16 recognized species), see article.

Subfamily Hoplocercinae, or the hoplocercins, previously Hoplocercidae, are a subfamily of lizards native to the tropical forests of Central and South America. Sixteen species in three genera are described.

Species

Subfamily: Hoplocercinae

• Genus Enyalioides
  • Enyalioides azulae
  • Enyalioides binzayedi
  • Cofan wood lizard - Enyalioides cofanorum
  • Bocourt's dwarf iguana - Enyalioides heterolepis
  • Amazon wood lizard - Enyalioides laticeps
  • Brown wood lizard - Enyalioides microlepis
  • O'shaughnessy's dwarf iguana - Enyalioides oshaughnessyi
  • Horned wood lizard - Enyalioides palpebralis
  • Blue-spotted wood lizard - Enyalioides praestabilis
  • Enyalioides rubrigularis
  • Enyalioides rudolfarndti
  • Enyalioides touzeti
• Genus Hoplocercus
  • Brazilian spiny-tailed lizard or weapontail - Hoplocercus spinosus
• Genus Morunasaurus
  • Ringed spinytail iguana - Morunasaurus annularis
  • Dunn's spinytail lizard - Morunasaurus groi
  • Cenepa manticores - Morunasaurus peruvianus

References

• Frost, D.E. & Etheridge, R.E. 1989. A Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomy of Iguanian Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 81.

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Further reading

• Torres-Carvajal, Etheridge & de Queiroz 2011. A systematic revision of Neotropical lizards in the clade Hoplocercinae (Squamata: Iguania). Zootaxa 2752: 1–44