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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Toxicofera
Subordo: Iguania
Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Hoplocercidae
Genus: Enyalioides
Species: E. altotambo – E. anisolepis – E. azulae – E. binzayedi – E. cofanorum – E. feiruzae – E. heterolepis – E. laticeps – E. microlepis – E. oshaughnessyi – E. palpebralis – E. praestabilis – E. rubrigularis – E. rudolfarndti – E. sophiarothschildae – E. touzeti
Name

Enyalioides
References

Torres-Carvajal, O.; Almendáriz, A.; Valencia, J.; Yánez-Muñoz, M.; Reyes, J.P. 2008: A new species of Enyalioides (Iguanidae: Hoplocercinae) from southwestern Ecuador. Papéis Avulsos de Zoología, 48: 227–235. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492008002000001
Torres-Carvajal, O.; de Queiroz, K.; Etheridge, R. 2009: A new species of iguanid lizard (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from southern Ecuador with a key to eastern Ecuadorian Enyalioides. ZooKeys, 27: 59–71. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.27.273
Torres-Carvajal, O., Venegas, P.J. & de Queiroz, K. 2015. Three new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from northwestern South America. Zookeys 494: 107–132. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.494.8903Reference page.
Venegas, P.J., Torres-Carvajal, O. Duran, V., de Queiroz, K. 2013. Two sympatric new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from Cordillera Azul National Park in northeastern Peru. ZooKeys 277: 69-90. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.277.3594 Open access Reference page.

Enyalioides is a genus of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae.[1][2] The genus is native to the northern part of South America and Panama.[3]

They are also referred to as woodlizards,[3] although individual species are also called dwarf iguanas.[2]
Species

16 species are recognized:[1]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Enyalioides altotambo.jpg Enyalioides altotambo Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & de Queiroz, 2015 tropical northwestern Andes in Ecuador
Enyalioides anisolepis Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & de Queiroz, 2015 Amazonian slopes of the Andes range in southern Ecuador and northern Peru.
Holotype of Enyalioides azulae - ZooKeys-277-069-g001-top.jpg Enyalioides azulae Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran & de Queiroz, 2013[3] Peru
Adult female of Enyalioides binzayedi - ZooKeys-277-069-g009-F.jpg Enyalioides binzayedi Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran & de Queiroz, 2013[3] Peru
Enyalioides cofanorum Duellman, 1973 Cofán wood lizard Colombia & Ecuador
Enyalioides feiruzae Venegas, Chávez, García-Ayachi, Duran, & Torres-Carvajal, 2021 Río Huallaga Basin, Peru
Enyalioides heterolepis.JPG Enyalioides heterolepis (Bocourt, 1874) Bocourt's dwarf iguana Colombia; Ecuador; Panama
Enyalioides laticeps.jpg Enyalioides laticeps (Guichenot, 1855) Amazon wood lizard Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru
Enyalioides microlepis (O’Shaughnessy, 1881) small-scaled woodlizard, tiny-scale dwarf iguana Ecuador (east of the Andes), S Colombia, N Peru
Enyalioides oshaughnessyi (Boulenger, 1881) red-eyed woodlizard, O'Shaughnessy's dwarf iguana N Ecuador, S Colombia
Enyalioides palpebralis Peru2.jpg Enyalioides palpebralis (Boulenger, 1883) horned wood lizard northern Bolivia, western Brazil and eastern Peru
Enyalioides praestabilis male.jpg Enyalioides praestabilis (O’Shaughnessy, 1881) blue-spotted wood lizard Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Enyalioides rubrigularis male 3.jpg Enyalioides rubrigularis Torres-Carvajal, De Queiroz & Etheridge, 2009[4] red-throated wood lizard Ecuador
Enyalioides rudolfarndti Venegas, Duran, Landauro & Lujan, 2011 C Peru
Enyalioides sophiarothschildae Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & de Queiroz, 2015 Cordillera Central in northeastern Peru
Enyalioides touzeti Torres-Carvajal, Almendáriz, Valencia, Yánez-Muñoz & Reyes, 2008[5] Touzet's woodlizard SW Ecuador (Azuay), NW Peru

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Enyalioides.
References

Enyalioides at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 September 2021.
"Enyalioides Boulenger, 1885". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
Venegas P; Torres-Carvajal O; Duran V; de Queiroz K (2013). "Two sympatric new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from Cordillera Azul National Park in northeastern Peru". ZooKeys (277): 69–90. doi:10.3897/zookeys.277.3594. PMC 3677373. PMID 23794824.
Torres-Carvajal, Omar; de Queiroz, Kevin; Etheridge, Richard (2009). "A new species of iguanid lizard (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from southern Ecuador with a key to eastern Ecuadorian Enyalioides". ZooKeys (27): 59–71. doi:10.3897/zookeys.27.273.

Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Almendáriz, Ana; Valencia, Jorge; Yánez-Muñoz, Mario; Reyes, Juan P. (2008). "A new species of Enyalioides (Iguanidae: Hoplocercinae) from southwestern Ecuador". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo). 48 (20): 227–235. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492008002000001.

Further reading

Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. Iguanidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Enyaliodes, new genus, p. 112).

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