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Enyalioides anisolepis
Holotype, adult male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Hoplocercidae
Genus:	Enyalioides
Species:	E. anisolepis
Binomial name
Enyalioides anisolepis Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & de Queiroz, 2015

Enyalioides anisolepis the rough-scaled woodlizard, is a species of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. It is known from the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in southern Ecuador and northern Peru. It differs from its congeneric species by possessing scattered, projecting large scales on its dorsum, flanks, and hind limbs; a well-developed vertebral crest, with vertebrals on its neck being about three times in size compared to those between the animal's hind limbs.

References

1. ^ Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Venegas, Pablo J. & de Queiroz, Kevin (2015). "Three new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from northwestern South America". ZooKeys (494): 107–132. doi:10.3897/zookeys.494.8903. PMC 4400379. PMID 25901116.
2. Enyalioides anisolepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 September 2021.

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