Xenosaurus mendozai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoanguimorpha

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 Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha

Familia: Xenosauridae
Genus: Xenosaurus
Species: Xenosaurus mendozai

Name

• Xenosaurus mendozai Nieto-Montes de Oca, García-Vázquez, Zúñiga-Vega & Schmidt-Ballardo, 2013: 487

Holotype: MZFC 9443, adult ♂.

Type locality: “from approximately 7 km NE of Tilaco, municipality of Landa de Matamoros, Querétaro, México 21º10’53’’ N, 99º09’02’’ W), 1 348 m elevation.”

References

Primary references

• Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., García-Vázquez, U.O., Zúñiga-Vega, J.J. & Schmidt-Ballardo, W. 2013. A new species of Xenosaurus (Squamata: Xenosauridae) from the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve of Querétaro, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 84(2): 485–498. DOI: 10.7550/rmb.35733 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Xenosaurus mendozai. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 April 2018.