Xenosaurus fractus

Xenosaurus fractus

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 fractus

Name

• Xenosaurus fractus Nieto-Montes de Oca, Sánchez-Vega & Durán-Fuentes, 2018: 143

Holotype: MZFC 32179, adult ♂.

Type locality: “Puebla, Municipality of Huehuetla, approximately 0.7 km N Chilocoyo del Carmen, 20.0862°N, 97.6530°W, 980 m elevation; rocky outcrop between coffee plantations and cloud forest patches; rock crevice.”

References

Primary references

• Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Sánchez-Vega, H. & Durán-Fuentes, I. 2018. A new species of knob-scaled lizard (Xenosauridae, Xenosaurus) from the Sierra Madre Oriental of Puebla, Mexico. ZooKeys 737: 141–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.737.15095. Reference page. 

Links

• ZooBank: 902E3E2C-8A7C-4D51-9AEB-A7BFD9A17B07
• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Xenosaurus fractus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 April 2018.

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