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Echinosaura
Echinosaura is a genus of lizards, called commonly the spined tegus, in the family Gymnophthalmidae. The genus is endemic to Central America and South America.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Echinosaura centralis
speciesEchinosaura centralis
Rough Teiid
speciesEchinosaura horrida
Echinosaura panamensis
speciesEchinosaura panamensis
Echinosaura embera
speciesEchinosaura embera
Palmer’s Teiid
speciesEchinosaura palmeri
Blunt Hedgehog-Lizard
speciesEchinosaura brachycephala
Key Tegu
speciesEchinosaura keyi
Echinosaura orcesi
speciesEchinosaura orcesi
Echinosaura fischerorum
speciesEchinosaura fischerorum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1120059.