Xenosaurus platyceps King and Thompson 1968 (Flathead knob-scaled lizard)

Reptilia - Squamata - Xenosauridae

Full reference: W. King and F. G. Thompson. 1968. A review of the American lizards of the genus Xenosaurus Peters. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum Biological Sciences 12(2):1-123

Belongs to Xenosaurus according to King and Thompson 1968

Sister taxa: Xenosaurus agrenon, Xenosaurus arboreus, Xenosaurus grandis, Xenosaurus newmanorum, Xenosaurus rackhami, Xenosaurus rectocollaris

Type specimen: UMMZ 126047, an other

Ecology: planktonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Xenosaurus platyceps in the database

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