Lepidophyma lineri
| Lepidophyma lineri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Xantusiidae |
| Genus: | Lepidophyma |
| Species: | L. lineri
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepidophyma lineri H.M. Smith, 1973
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Lepidophyma lineri, also known commonly as Liner's tropical night lizard and la lagartija nocturna de Liner in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Lepidophyminae of the family Xantusiidae. The species is native to southern Mexico.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, lineri, is in honor of American herpetologist Ernest A. Liner.[3]
Geographic range
L. lineri is native to the Sierra de Miahuatlán, a sub-range of the Sierra Madre del Sur in south-central Oaxaca, Mexico.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. lineri is unknown because all specimens have been collected from coffee plantations.[1]
Reproduction
L. lineri is ovoviviparous.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Flores-Villela, O. (2007). "Lepidophyma lineri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64351A12773429. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64351A12773429.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Lepidophyma lineri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidophyma lineri, p. 159).
Further reading
- Bezy RL, Camarillo JL (2002). "Systematics of xantusiid lizards of the genus Lepidophyma ". Contributions in Science (493): 1–41. (Lepidophyma lineri, new taxonomic status). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Smith HM (1973). "A Tentative Rearrangement of the Lizards of the Genus Lepidophyma ". Journal of Herpetology 7 (2). 109–123. (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum lineri, new subspecies, p. 118).