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Xenosaurus  Peters, 1861
Taxonomic Serial No.: 209064

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyXenosauridae  – knob-scaled lizards  
                                  GenusXenosaurus Peters, 1861  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Xenosaurus agrenon King and Thompson, 1968 – Mountain Knob-scaled Lizard 
                                     Species Xenosaurus arboreus Lynch and Smith, 1965 – Arboreal Knob-scaled Lizard 
                                     Species Xenosaurus fractus Nieto-montes de Oca, Sánchez-Vega and Durán-Fuentes, 2018  
                                     Species Xenosaurus grandis (Gray, 1856) – Xenosaurio mayor, Knob-scaled Lizard 
                                     Species Xenosaurus mendozai Nieto-Montes de Oca, García-Vázquez, Zúñiga-Vega and Schmidt-Ballardo, 2013  
                                     Species Xenosaurus newmanorum Taylor, 1949 – Xenosaurio de Newman, Newman's Knob-scaled Lizard 
                                     Species Xenosaurus penai Pérez Ramos, de la Riva and Campbell, 2000 – Pena's Knob-scaled Lizard 
                                     Species Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon Nieto-Montes de Oca, Campbell and Flores-Villela, 2001 – Chin-spotted Knob-scaled Lizard 
                                     Species Xenosaurus platyceps King and Thompson, 1968 – Xenosaurio cabeza plana, Flathead Knob-scaled Lizard 
                                     Species Xenosaurus rackhami Stuart, 1941 – Rackham's Knob-scaled Lizard 
                                     Species Xenosaurus rectocollaris Smith and Iverson, 1993 – Pallid Knob-scaled Lizard 
                                     Species Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus Woolrich-Piña and Smith, 2012 – Zacualtipán Knob-scaled Lizard 
       

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  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Xenosaurus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Source: Reptile Database (Dec. 2020), website (version Dec 2020)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2020) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org   
  Reference for: Xenosaurus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Boulenger, G. A.  
  Publication Date: 1885   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History), vol. 1   
  Page(s): 436   
  Publisher: Taylor and Francis   
  Publication Place: London, England   
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  Reference for: Xenosaurus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17   
  Page(s): iv + 73   
  Publisher: Carnegie Museum of Natural History   
  Publication Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-911239-42-1   
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