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Lizards (Sauria)

   Genera


Enyalioides
Wood Lizards


Hoplocercus
Eastern Club-tailed Iguana


Morunasaurus
Manticores
Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: January 1st, 2025.


Biodiversity of the family Hoplocercidae Bibliography of the family Hoplocercidae

Hoplocercidae

Club-tailed Iguanas
Stachelschwanzleguane     Våbenhaleleguaner



Contents: Endemicity:
3 genera of which none are endemic  0% 100%
22 species of which 9 (40.9%) are endemic  0% 100%

Remarks: The genera contained in this family were previously included in Iguanidae (e.g., Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970). Family status was given by Frost & Etheridge (1989), and Frost, Etheridge, Janies & Titus (2001).

Distribution:  Panama, South America.

Reported from: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru.