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Genus of lizards
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Echinosaura
Echinosaura palmeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Gymnophthalmidae
Tribe: Cercosaurini
Genus: Echinosaura
Boulenger, 1890
Species

Eight, see text.

Echinosaura is a genus of lizards, called commonly the spined tegus, in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is native to Central America and South America.

Geographic range and habitat

Species of Echinosaura occur in tropical rainforests of Panama and South America.

Description

Spined tegu lizards are normally brown in color and have spines on the head, torso, and tail.

Species

Eight species are recognised as being valid.

Notes

  1. "Echinosaura ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1890). "First Report on Additions to the Lizard Collection in the British Museum (Natural History)". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of 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).


Taxon identifiers
Echinosaura


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