Lepidophyma micropholis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Xantusiidae
- Genus
- Lepidophyma
- Species
- Lepidophyma micropholis
- Scientific Name
- Lepidophyma micropholis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lepidophyma micropholis
Lepidophyma micropholis, the cave tropical night lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. It is a small lizard found in Mexico. It is native to caves in the Sierra del Abra Tanchipa, part of the Sierra Madre Oriental in eastern San Luis Potosí and adjacent southern Tamaulipas states.
...Lepidophyma micropholis in languages:
- English
- Cave Tropical Night Lizard
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Lepidophyma chicoasensis
- Lepidophyma cuicateca
- Lepidophyma dontomasi
- Lepidophyma flavimaculatum
- Lepidophyma gaigeae
- Lepidophyma inagoi
- Lepidophyma lineri
- Lepidophyma lipetzi
- Lepidophyma lowei
- Lepidophyma lusca
- Lepidophyma mayae
- Lepidophyma micropholis
- Lepidophyma occulor
- Lepidophyma pajapanensis
- Lepidophyma radula
- Lepidophyma ramirezi
- Lepidophyma reticulatum
- Lepidophyma smithii
- Lepidophyma sylvaticum
- Lepidophyma tarascae
- Lepidophyma tuxtlae
- Lepidophyma zongolica