Lepidophyma tarascae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xantusiomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha Cladus: Xantusiomorpha

Lepidophyma tarascae Bezy, Webb & Álvarez, 1982: 361

Holotype: ENCB 9221 (original field number A.O. 6193), adult ♂, collected by Aurelio Ocaña on 10 July 1976.
Type locality: “near Mexiquillo, Aquila District, Michoacán, México. Mexiquillo (18°08′N, 103°56′W) is a small town on the coast of Michoacán, ca. 77 km (air) WNW of Lázaro Cárdenas and the mouth of the Río Balsas”.

Bezy, R.L., Webb, R.G. & Álvarez, T. 1982. A new species of the genus Lepidophyma (Sauria: Xantusiidae) from Michoacán, México. Herpetologica 38(3): 361–366. JSTOR Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Lepidophyma tarascae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 19 July 2019.
Ponce-Campos, P. & García Aguayo, A. 2007. IUCN: Lepidophyma tarascae (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64359A12761225. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64359A12761225.en