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Echinosaura

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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

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

Description

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

Species

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Eight species are recognised as being valid.[1]

Notes

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

Further reading

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  • 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).