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    Species Accepted

    Lepidophyma mayae Bezy, 1973

    Mayan Tropical Night Lizard

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      4 results
      Escorpión Nocturno Maya Spanish
      Escorpión Nocturno Maya. Spanish
      Maya-Nachtechse German
      Mayan Tropical Night Lizard English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      18 results
      Bezy, R. L., & Camarillo, J. L. (2002). SYSTEMATICS OF XANTUSIID LIZARDS OF THE GENUS LEPIDOPHYMA. Contributions in Science (493): 1–41.
      Köhler, G. (2000). Reptilien und Amphibien Mittelamerikas, Bd 1: Krokodile, Schildkröten, Echsen. Herpeton Verlag, Offenbach, 158 Pp.
      Uetz, P. H., Patel, M., Gbadamosi, Z., Nguyen, A., & Shoope, S. (2024). A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732.
      Aguilar-López JL, Luría-Manzano R, Pineda E, & Canseco-Márquez L. (2021). Selva Zoque, Mexico: an important Mesoamerican tropical region for reptile species diversity and conservation. ZooKeys 1054: 127-153.
      McCranie, James R. (2015). A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352–386.
      Bezy, R. (2024). Photos of Type Specimens of Lepidophyma (Reptilia: Squamata: Xantusiidae). ResearchGate.
      Pianka, E. R., & Vitt, L. J. (2003). Lizards - Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 Pp. [Review in Copeia 2004: 955].
      Bezy, R. L. (1989). Morphological differentiation in unisexual and bisexual xantusiid lizards of the genus Lepidophyma in Central America. Herpetological Monographs 3: 61-80.
      Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. (2014). An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144.
      McCranie, James R. (2018). The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication Series (2): 1- 666.

      Citation

      Lepidophyma mayae Bezy, 1973 in undefined