Enyalioides azulae

Enyalioides azulae is a species of lizards in the genus Enyalioides known from only one location in the Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru.[1]

Enyalioides azulae
Enyalioides azulae holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Hoplocercidae
Genus: Enyalioides
Species:
E. azulae
Binomial name
Enyalioides azulae
Venegas, Torres-Carvajal, Duran, de Queiroz, 2013[1]

The specific name "azulae" is derived from the Spanish word azul, "blue". It refers to the type locality, making the species the "Enyalioides of the [Cordillera] Azul".[1]

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