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Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma (NOBLE, 1916)

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Higher TaxaSphaerodactylidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLathrogecko xanthostigma NOBLE 1916: 87
Lathrogecko xanthostigma — NOBLE 1921
Lathrogecko xanthostigma — CAMP 1923: 405
Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma — VANZOLINI 1953: 264
Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma — TAYLOR 1956: 20
Lepidoblepharus xanthostigma — HEYER 1967 (in error)
Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma — KLUGE 1993
Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma — KÖHLER 2000: 49
Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma — MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA et al. 2024 
DistributionS Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
Colombia

Type locality: Zent, near Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 11658 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. Head slightly more than one and one-half times as long as broad; snout as long as the distance from the ear to the orbit; dorsal scales very small, rounded, slightly tubercular; nasals followed by a group of three small post-nasals; mental moderate in size, followed by several small scales; five upper labials, four lower labials; ventral scales very much larger than the dorsals. (Noble 1916)


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CommentSynonymy: Has been synonymized with L. microlepis by RUTHVEN 1928. Listed as a synonym of L. microlepis by WERMUTH 1965. Populations of this species have been redescribed as Lepidoblepharis victormartinez and L. emberawoundule.

Distribution: see map in BATISTA et al. 2015 for collection localities. 
EtymologyNamed after Greek xanthos (ξανθός), blond, yellow of various shades + Greek stigma (στιγμή), spot. [“...two or possibly three indistinct rows of pale yellowish spots extending along each side of the body...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
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