Xenosaurus penai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Neoanguimorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha

Familia: Xenosauridae
Genus: Xenosaurus
Species: Xenosaurus penai

Name

Xenosaurus penai Pérez-Ramos, Saldaña de la Riva & Campbell, 2000: 501

• Holotype: IBH 6414, adult ♂, collected by Edmundo Pérez-Ramos and Lucia Saldaña de la Riva on 31 August 1980.
• Type locality: “Cerro Yucuchinio, 1 km NW Cerro Pico del Aguila, 1735 m, southeastern Guerrero, Mexico. ... This site lies in pine-oak forest in the Sierra de Malinaltepec at about 16°57' N, 98°19' W”

References

Primary references

• Pérez-Ramos, E., Saldaña de la Riva, L. & Campbell, J.A. 2000. A new allopatric species of Xenosaurus (Squamata: Xenosauridae) from Guerrero, Mexico. Herpetologica 56(4): 500–506. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Canseco-Márquez, L., Campbell, J.A., Ponce-Campos, P., Muñoz-Alonso, A. & García Aguayo, A. 2007. IUCN: Xenosaurus penai  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64371A12761802. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64371A12761802.en. Accessed on 09 February 2026.