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    Species Accepted

    Lepidophyma tuxtlae Werler & Shannon, 1957

    Tuxtla Tropical Night Lizard
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Lepidophyma
    IUCNData Deficient

    Classification and descendants

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Lagartija Nocturnas de Los Tuxtlas Spanish
      Lagartija nocturna de Los Tuxtlas Spanish
      Lagartija-nocturna de Los Tuxtlas Spanish
      Tuxtla Tropical Night Lizard English
      Лепидофима Альвареца Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      23 results
      A new lizard of the genus Lepidophyma from Veracruz, Mexico. [L. tuxtlae, sp. nov.]. (1957). Herpetologica, 13, 119–122. https://bionames.org/references/10f0da36ed44b5cf7257060094d2f332 Published in
      Bezy, R. L. (1984). Systematics of xantusiid lizards of the genus Lepidophyma in northeastern Mexico. Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 349: 1-16.
      Woolrich-Piña, G. A., E. García-Padilla, D. L. DeSantis, J. D. Johnson, V. Mata-Silva, and L. D. Wilson. (2017). The herpetofauna of Puebla, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (4): 791–884.
      Werler, J. E., & SHANNON, F. A. (1957). A new lizard of the genus Lepidophyma from Veracruz, México. Herpetologica 13: 119-122.
      Greene, Harry W. (1970). Reproduction in a Mexican Xantusiid Lizard, Lepidophyma tuxtlae. Journal of Herpetology 4 (1-2): 85-87.
      Bezy, R. L., & Camarillo, J. L. (2002). SYSTEMATICS OF XANTUSIID LIZARDS OF THE GENUS LEPIDOPHYMA. Contributions in Science (493): 1–41.
      Casas-Andreu, G., F.R. Méndez-De la Cruz and X. Aguilar-Miguel. (2004). Anfibios y Reptiles; pp. 375–390, in A.J.M. García-Mendoza, J. Ordoñez and M. Briones-Salas (ed.). Biodiversidad de Oaxaca. Instituto de Biología, UNAM-Fondo Oaxaqueño Para La Conservación de La Naturaleza-World Wildlife Fund, México, D. F.
      Mata-Silva, Vicente, Jerry D. Johnson, Larry David Wilson and Elí García-Padilla. (2015). The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62.
      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.
      Castillo-Cerón, J.M. & C.A.L. González. (1990). Notes on the Biology and Status of a Population of Lepidophyma tuxtlae (Sauria: Xantusiidae) in the Sierra de Santa Marta, Veracruz, México. Bull. Maryland Herpetol. Soc., 26(4): 153-158.

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