NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Rothschild’s woodlizard
Enyalioides sophiarothschildae Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & de Queiroz, 2015
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 sophiarothschildae, or the Rothschild's woodlizard, is a species of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. It is endemic to the Amazonian slopes of the Cordillera Central in northeastern Peru. It differs from its congeneric species by possessing homogeneous (size) caudal scales on each caudal segment, a white gular region that has a black patch as well as turquoise scales in males, and immaculate white labials and chin.
Wikipedia contributors, Enyalioides sophiarothschildae; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:59:19.681647+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Enyalioides sophiarothschildae Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & de Queiroz, 2015
- Name authority
- Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & de Queiroz, 2015
- Common name
- Rothschild’s woodlizard
- 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 sophiarothschildae Torres-Carvajal, Venegas & de Queiroz, 2015
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 |
| Enyalioides azulae Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran & de Queiroz, 2013 | 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=sophiarothschildae 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:6FH5N. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.