Xenosauridae

Taxobox
name = Xenosauridae

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image_caption = Chinese crocodile lizard ("Shinisaurus crocodilurus")
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Xenosauridae

The Xenosauridae is a family of lizards native to Central America and China. Also known as knob-scaled lizards, they have rounded, bumpy scales and osteoderms. Most species prefer moist or semi-aquatic habitats, although they are widespread within their native regions, with some even inhabiting semi-arid scrub environments. They are carnivorous or insectivorous, and give birth to live youngcite book |editor=Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G.|author= Bauer, Aaron M.|year=1998|title=Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians|publisher= Academic Press|location=San Diego|pages= 159-160|isbn= 0-12-178560-2] .

pecies

Despite their apparent similarities, the two genera inhabits widely separated parts of the world, and may not be closely related.

Family Xenosauridae
*Subfamily Shinisaurinae
** Genus "Shinisaurus"
*** "Shinisaurus crocodilurus" - Chinese Crocodile Lizard
* Subfamily Xenosaurinae
** Genus "Xenosaurus"
*** "Xenosaurus grandis" - Common Mexican knob-scaled lizard
*** "Xenosaurus newmanorum"
*** "Xenosaurus penai"
*** "Xenosaurus phalaroantheron"
*** "Xenosaurus platyceps"
*** "Xenosaurus rectocollaris"

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