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Bocourt's Dwarf Iguana
Enyalioides heterolepis (Bocourt, 1874)
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Enyalioides heterolepis (Bocourt, 1874)
- Name authority
- (Bocourt, 1874)
- Common name
- Bocourt's Dwarf Iguana
- 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 heterolepis (Bocourt, 1874)
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Enyalus heterolepis Bocourt, 1874 Bocourt, 1874 | synonym |
| Enyalioides insulae Barbour, 1905 Barbour, 1905 | synonym |
| Enyalioides mocquardi Despax, 1911 Despax, 1911 | synonym |
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=heterolepis 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:6FH66. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.