Liolaemidae
Liolaemidae | |
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male Liolaemus tenuis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Liolaemidae Frost & Etheridge, 1989 |
Synonyms | |
Liolaeminae (but see text) |
Liolaemidae are a
lizards.[1] They were traditionally included in the family Iguanidae as subfamily Liolaeminae, which some more recent authors prefer to delimit in a more restricted way. A common name for this group is liolaemids. Liolaemidae are typically herbivores that have a diet high in fruit. Because of this special diet, Liolaemidae have a larger small intestine when compared to other similar omnivorous and insectivorous lizards.[2]
The
genera
placed here are:
- Ctenoblepharys Tschudi, 1845 – cabezona (one species)
- Liolaemus Wiegmann, 1834 – tree iguanas, snow swifts (over 280 species)
- Phymaturus Gravenhorst, 1838 (52 species)
References
- The Reptile Database. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- PMID 16351968.
- Media related to Liolaemidae at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Liolaemidae at Wikispecies