Morunasaurus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis: Sarcopterygii
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: Morunasaurus

Species: M. annularis - M. groi - M. peruvianus
Name

Morunasaurus Dunn, 1933
References

The Reptiles Database Genus: Morunasaurus
Vernacular names

Morunasaurus is a genus of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. The genus is endemic to northwestern South America and extreme southeastern Central America.
Species

The genus Morunasaurus contains three species which are recognized as being valid.[1]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Morunasaurus annularis (O'Shaughnessy, 1881)	ringed manticore, ringed spinytail iguana	southern Colombia and Ecuador
	Morunasaurus groi Dunn, 1933	Dunn's spinytail iguana, Dunn's spinytail lizard, Gro's manticore	northwestern South America and Panama.
	Morunasaurus peruvianus G. Köhler, 2003	Cenepa manticore	Peru

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

"Morunasaurus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Dunn ER (1933). "Amphibians and Reptiles from El Valle de Anton, Panama". Occ. Pap. Boston Nat. Hist. Soc. 8: 65–79. (Morunasaurus, new genus, pp. 75–76).