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Enyalioides azulae Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran & de Queiroz, 2013
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Enyalioides azulae is a species of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. It was formally described in 2013 and is named after the Cordillera Azul National Park in which it was discovered. It is known only from its type locality in the montane rainforest of the Río Huallaga basin in northeastern Peru at an elevation of 1100 m. It is classified by the IUCN as being of least concern, as its entire range lies within the large national park and no threats to the species are known.
Wikipedia contributors, Enyalioides azulae; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T14:27:24.611478+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Enyalioides azulae Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran & de Queiroz, 2013
- Name authority
- Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran & de Queiroz, 2013
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Hoplocercidae
- Genus
- Enyalioides
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderIguania
- familyHoplocercidae
- genusEnyalioides
- speciesEnyalioides azulae Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran & de Queiroz, 2013
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Enyalioides. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Touzet’s woodlizardsEnyalioides touzeti Torres-Carvajal, Almendáriz, Valencia, Yúnez-Muños & Reyes, 2008 | HoplocercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enyalioides rudolfarndti Venegas, Duran, Landauro & Lujan, 2011 | HoplocercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enyalioides binzayedi Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran & de Queiroz, 2013 | HoplocercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canelos woodlizardEnyalioides praestabilis (O'Shaughnessy, 1881) | HoplocercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rothschild’s woodlizardEnyalioides sophiarothschildae Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & de Queiroz, 2015 | HoplocercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| red-throated woodlizardsEnyalioides rubrigularis Torres-Carvajal, de Queiroz & Etheridge, 2009 | HoplocercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bocourt's Dwarf IguanaEnyalioides heterolepis (Bocourt, 1874) | HoplocercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Blue-headed wood lizardEnyalioides cyanocephalus Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Marchelie, Bullard, Quispe, Valencia, Odar & Torres-Carvajal, 2024 | HoplocercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dickinson's wood lizardEnyalioides dickinsoni Venegas, García-Ayachi, Chávez-Arribasplata, Marchelie, Bullard, Quispe, Valencia, Odar & Torres-Carvajal, 2024 | HoplocercidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Enyalioides&species=azulae Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6FH4B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.