Lepidophyma
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Lepidophyma is a genus of lizards, commonly called tropical night lizards. The genus Lepidophyma (Greek for "warty scales") is one of three genera of night lizards (family Xantusiidae), which are a group of viviparous (live-bearing) lizards. There are 20 species of tropical night lizards in the genus Lepidophyma, making it the most populous night lizard genus. Species of the genus Lepidophyma are distributed throughout Central America, found anywhere from central Mexico to Panama, depending on the particular species. Tropical night lizards, particularly the yellow-spotted species, are sometimes called Central American bark lizards by pet dealers and owners.
Species
The following 23 species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Lepidophyma chicoasensis Álvarez & Valentín, 1988Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Sumidero tropical night lizard
- Lepidophyma cuicateca Canseco-Márquez et al., 2008Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Sunidero tropical night lizard
- Lepidophyma dontomasi (H.M. Smith, 1942)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – MacDougall's tropical night lizard
- Lepidophyma flavimaculatum A.H.A. Duméril, 1851Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard
- Lepidophyma gaigeae Mosauer, 1936Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Gaige's tropical night lizard[2]
- Lepidophyma inagoi Palacios-Aguilar, Santos-Bibiano & Flores-Villela, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lepidophyma jasonjonesi Grünwald, Reyes-Velasco, Ahumada-Carrillo, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, La Forest, Ramírez-Chaparro, Terán-Juárez & Borja-Jiménez, 2023Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lepidophyma lineri H.M. Smith, 1973Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Liner's tropical night lizard[2]
- Lepidophyma lipetzi H.M. Smith & Álvarez del Toro, 1977Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".– Lipetz's tropical night lizard[2]
- Lepidophyma lowei Bezy & Camarillo, 1997Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lowe's tropical night lizard[2]
- Lepidophyma lusca Arenas-Moreno, Muñoz-Nolasco, Bautista-Del Moral, Rodríguez-Miranda, Domínguez-Guerrero & Méndez-de la Cruz, 2021Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lepidophyma mayae Bezy, 1973Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mayan tropical night lizard
- Lepidophyma micropholis Walker, 1955Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – cave tropical night lizard
- Lepidophyma occulor H.M. Smith, 1942Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Jalpan tropical night lizard
- Lepidophyma pajapanensis Werler, 1957Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Pajapan tropical night lizard
- Lepidophyma radula (H.M. Smith, 1942)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Yautepec tropical night lizard
- Lepidophyma ramirezi Lara-Tufiño & Nieto-Montes de Oca, 2022Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lepidophyma reticulatum Taylor, 1955Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Costa Rican tropical night lizard
- Lepidophyma smithii Bocourt, 1876Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – (Andrew) Smith's tropical night lizard[2]
- Lepidophyma sylvaticum Taylor, 1939Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Madrean tropical night lizard
- Lepidophyma tarascae Bezy, Webb & Álvarez, 1982Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Tarascan tropical night lizard
- Lepidophyma tuxtlae Werler & Shannon, 1957Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Tuxtla tropical night lizard
- Lepidophyma zongolica García-Vázquez, Canseco-Márquez & Aguilar-López, 2010Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Lepidophyma.
References
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- ↑ Genus Lepidophyma at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ a b c d e Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Lepidophyma gaigeae, p. 96; L. lineri, p. 159; L. lipetzi, p. 159; L. lowei, p. 161; L. smithii, p. 246).
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Xantusiidæ .... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (Genus Lepidophyma, p. 326).
- Duméril AHA (1851). In: Duméril AMC, Duméril AHA (1851). Catalogue méthodique de la Collection des Reptiles du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris: Gide et Baudry/Roret. 224 pp. (Lepidophyma, new genus, p. 137). (in French).
- Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.B. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. Template:ISBN. (Genus Lepidophyma, p. 287).