Lepidophyma jasonjonesi

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 Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

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

Name

Lepidophyma jasonjonesi Grünwald, Reyes-Velasco, Ahumada-Carrillo, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, La Forest, Ramírez-Chaparro, Terán-Juárez & Borja-Jiménez, 2023: 11

• Holotype: INIRENA 2817 (Original field number CIG-0969), adult ♂, collected by Jason M. Jones and Ivan Ahumada-Carrillo on 26 July 2016.
• Type locality: “in a rock crevice near a small seep, 28 km NNE of Jaumave, on Federal Highway 101 to Ciudad Victoria, Municipio de Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico (23.617489, -99.285573, 1,005 m a.s.l.; datum = WGS84)”.

References

Primary references

• Grünwald, C.I., Reyes-Velasco, J., Ahumada-Carrillo, I.T., Montaño-Ruvalcaba, C., Franz-Chávez, H., La Forest, B.T., Ramírez-Chaparro, R., Terán-Juárez, S. & Borja-Jiménez, J.M. 2023. A new species of saxicolous Lepidophyma (Squamata, Xantusiidae) from Tamaulipas, Mexico. Herpetozoa 36: 9–21. DOI: 10.3897/herpetozoa.36.e96184 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lepidophyma jasonjonesi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Jones’ Night Lizard
español: Lagartija Nocturna de Jones