Lepidophyma cuicateca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata 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 Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Xantusiidae
Subfamilia: Xantusiinae
Genus: Lepidophyma
Species: Lepidophyma cuicateca

Name

• Lepidophyma cuicateca Canseco-Márquez, Gutiérrez-Mayen & Mendoza-Hernández, 2008: 61

Holotype: MZFC-16419, adult ♀, collected by Andrés Alberto Mendoza-Hernández on 28 July 2001.

Type locality: “1 km SE Santa María Texcatitlán, Municipality of Santa María Texcatitlán, Oaxaca, México (17.704º N, 97.062º W), 1180 m elev”.

References

Primary references

• Canseco-Márquez, L., Gutiérrez-Mayen, G. & Mendoza-Hernández, A.A. 2008. A new species of night-lizard of the genus Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from the Cuicatlán Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico. Zootaxa 1750: 59–67. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Lepidophyma cuicateca. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 July 2019.