Lepidophyma lipetzi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Xantusiidae
Subfamilia: Xantusiinae
Genus: Lepidophyma
Species:

Holotype: CUMNH 514259, collected by M. Álvarez del Toro on 20 March 1973.

Type locality: “Lago de Mal Paso, headwaters of Río de La Venta, 30 km N Cintalapa (straight line), Chiapas, Mexico”

Smith, H.M. & Álvarez del Toro, M. 1977. A New Troglodytic Lizard (Reptilia, Lacertilia, Xantusiidae) from Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 11(1): 37–40. DOI: 10.2307/1563289 Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Lepidophyma lipetzi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 August 2018.
Muñoz-Alonso, A. 2007. IUCN: Lepidophyma lipetzi (Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64352A12773517. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64352A12773517.en