Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon

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: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha

Familia: Xenosauridae
Genus: Xenosaurus
Species: Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon

Name

Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon Nieto-Montes de Oca, Flores-Villela & Campbell, 2001: 33

• Holotype: MZFC 12225 (field number LCM 975), adult ♂.
• Type locality: “approximately 6.1 km SW by road of San Juan Acaltepec (about 145.7 road km from turnoff on Mex. Highway 190 to San Juan Acaltepec), municipality of Santa Maria Ecatepec, Sierra Madre del Sur, Oaxaca, Mexico (16°14.93′ N, 95°57.29′ W), 2005 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Nieto-Montes de Oca, A., Flores-Villela, O. & Campbell, J.A. 2001. A new species of Xenosaurus (Squamata: Xenosauridae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico. Herpetologica 57(1): 32–47. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Canseco-Márquez, L. 2007. IUCN: Xenosaurus phalaroanthereon  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64372A12761942. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64372A12761942.en. Accessed on 26 December 2025.