Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus

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 Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha

Familia: Xenosauridae
Genus: Xenosaurus
Species: Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus

Name

• Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus Woolrich-Piña & Smith, 2012: 552

Holotype: LEUBIPRO 11444, adult ♀, collected on 26 April 2002 by Julio A. Lemos-Espinal.

Type locality: “La Mojonera 7.5 km S–SW Zacualtipán[, Hidalgo, Mexico] (20°38’29’’N, 98°36’6’’W; datum 1/4 WGS84), 1900 m.”

References

Primary references

• Woolrich-Piña, G.A. & Smith, G.R. 2012. A New Species of Xenosaurus from the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico. Herpetologica 68(4): 551–559. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00018 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 April 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Zacualtipán Knob-scaled Lizard