Xenosaurus manipulus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoanguimorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 manipulus

Name

Xenosaurus manipulus Nieto-Montes de Oca, Castresana-Villanueva, Canseco-Márquez & Campbell, 2022

• Holotype: MZFC-HE 9551, adult ♂, collected by Walter Schmidt Ballardo on 15 October 1996.
• Type locality: “in a rock crevice in cloud forest on Vista Hermosa, km. 78 on Mexico Highway 175 Tuxtepec-Oaxaca, Municipality of Santiago Comaltepec, Oaxaca, México (17.63166667 N, 96.34250000 W), 1400 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Castresana-Villanueva, N., Canseco-Márquez, L. & Campbell, J.A. 2022. A New Species of Xenosaurus (Squamata: Xenosauridae) from the Sierra de Juárez of Oaxaca, Mexico. Herpetologica 78(1): 40–50. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-21-00041.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Xenosaurus manipulus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 July 2023.