Lepidophyma lusca

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 lusca

Name

Lepidophyma lusca Arenas-Moreno, Muñoz-Nolasco, Bautista-Del Moral, Rodríguez-Miranda, Domínguez-Guerrero & Méndez-de la Cruz, 2021: 120

• Holotype: CNAR-IBH 32556, adult ♀, collected by D.M. Arenas-Moreno, A. Bautista-del Moral, and L.A. Rodríguez-Miranda on 2 May 2019.
• Type locality: “on the banks of the Gallinas river, Tamul waterfall, 4.4 km SW from the locality of Tanchachín, municipality of Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico (21.804°, -99.180°; 195 m elev.)”
• Paratypes (11): CNAR-IBH 32554-55, 32557-65, same data as holotype.

References

Primary references

• Arenas-Moreno, D.M., Muñoz-Nolasco, F.J., Bautista-Del Moral, A., Rodríguez-Miranda, L.A., Domínguez-Guerrero, S.F. & Méndez-de la Cruz, F.R. 2021. A new species of Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from San Luis Potosí, México, with notes on its physiological ecology. Zootaxa 4949(1): 115–130. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.1.6 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lepidophyma lusca. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 May 2021.