Xantusia sanchezi

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: Xantusia
Species: Xantusia sanchezi

Name

Xantusia sanchezi Bezy & Flores-Villela, 1999: 176

• Holotype: MZFC 4756 (field no. OFV 369), adult ♂, collected by O. Flores Villela and R.L. Bezy on 23 September 1990.
• Type locality: “5 km (via Hwy 54) N Moyahua de Estrada, Municipio de Moyahua, Zacatecas, Mexico (21°19′N, 103°10′W; approximately 1200 m elev.)”.

References

Primary references

• Bezy, R.L. & Flores-Villela, O. 1999. A New Species of Xantusia (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from Zacatecas, Mexico. Herpetologica 55(2): 174–184. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Xantusia sanchezi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 October 2019.
• Ponce-Campos, P. & García Aguayo, A. 2007. IUCN: Xantusia sanchezi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64367A12774336. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64367A12774336.en

Vernacular names

English: Sanchez's Night Lizard