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Lepidophyma gaigeae MOSAUER, 1936

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Higher TaxaXantusiidae (Lepidophyminae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gaige's Tropical Night Lizard
S: Lagartija Nocturna de Gaige 
SynonymLepidophyma gaigeae MOSAUER 1936
Gaigeia gaigeae — SMITH 1939
Gaigeia gaigeae — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 154
Lepidophyma gaigeae — SAVAGE 1963
Lepidophyma (Gaigeia) gaigeae — SMITH 1973
Lepidophyma gaigeae — LINER 1994
Lepidophyma gaigeae— BEZY & CAMARILLO 2002
Lepidophyma gaigeae — JOHNSON et al. 2017 
DistributionMexico (Queretaro, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Guanajuato)

Type locality: Durango, State of Hidalgo, Mexico  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 42145 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS (DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS). The species differs from all other Lepidophyma except L. tarascae in having enlarged caudal whorls that are separated dorsally by 2 rows of interwhorls both of which are complete ventrally; from all except L. dontomasi, L. radula, L. tarascae, L. tuxtlae, and L. sylvaticum in having 151 or fewer dorsals; from L. dontomasi, L. radula, and L. tarascae in having 28 or more femoral pores; from L. tuxtlae in lacking paravertebral rows composed of a continuous string of subequal tubercles; and from L. sylvaticum in lacking distinctly enlarged tubercles on the side of the body (from BEZY & CAMARILLO 2002).
 
CommentHabitat/Ecomorph: rock-crevice

Distribution: Not in Durango fide Lemos-Espinal (2018).

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyNamed after Helen Thompson Gaige (1890–1976), former curator at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. See Bell et al. 2021 for biographical data. 
References
  • Ahumada-Carrillo, Iván T. 2013. Geographic Distribution: Lepidophyma gaigeae (Gaige's tropical night lizard). Herpetological Review 44 (3): 475 - get paper here
  • ARENAS-MORENO, DIEGO M.; FRANCISCO J. MUÑOZ-NOLASCO, ADÁN BAUTISTA-DEL MORAL, LUIS A. RODRÍGUEZ-MIRANDA, SAÚL F. DOMÍNGUEZ-GUERRERO, FAUSTO R. MÉNDEZ-DE LA CRUZ 2021. A new species of Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from San Luis Potosí, México, with notes on its physiological ecology. Zootaxa 4949 (1): 115-130 - get paper here
  • Bell, R., Arce H, M., Franklin, M., Roa-Varon, A., & Wehrle, B. A. 2021. Helen Thompson Gaige. Ichthyology & Herpetology, 109(1): 322
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bezy R L. and CAMARILLO R J L. 1992. Systematics of xantusiid lizards allied with Lepidophyma gaigeae Mosauer. Herpetologica 48 (1): 97-110 - get paper here
  • Bezy R L. and Camarillo R J L. 1997. A new species of Lepidophyma (Sauria: Xantusiidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles (465): 1-8. - get paper here
  • Bezy, R. 2024. Photos of Type Specimens of Lepidophyma (Reptilia: Squamata: Xantusiidae) ResearchGate - get paper here
  • Bezy,R.L. & Camarillo, J.L. 2002. SYSTEMATICS OF XANTUSIID LIZARDS OF THE GENUS LEPIDOPHYMA. Contributions in Science (493): 1–41 - get paper here
  • CANSECO-MARQUEZ, LUIS; GUADALUPE GUTIIEREZ-MAYEN & ANDRES ALBERTO MENDOZA-HERNANDEZ 2008. A new species of night-lizard of the genus Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from the Cuicatlan Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico. Zootaxa 1750: 59-67 - get paper here
  • Cruz-Elizalde R, Ramírez-Bautista A, Pineda-López R, Mata-Silva V, DeSantis DL, García-Padilla E, Johnson JD, Rocha A, Fucsko LA, Wilson LD. 2022. The herpetofauna of Querétaro, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 16(1) [General Section]: 148–192 (e308) - get paper here
  • CRUZ-ELIZALDE, RACIEL, AXEL ARTURO SANDOVAL-PONCE, CLAUDIA JAZMÍN MARTÍNEZ-RAMÍREZ & MARTÍN CÓRDOVA-ROMERO. 2023. NOTES ON DIET AND A CASE OF KERATOPHAGY IN THE LIZARD Lepidophyma gaigeae (XANTUSIIDAE) FROM QUERÉTARO, MÉXICO. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología 6(3): e744 (129-131). - get paper here
  • Dixon, James R. and Julio A. Lemos-Espinal 2010. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Queretaro, Mexico. Tlalnepantla UNAM, 428 pp.
  • Fernández-Badillo, Leonardo; Norma Leticia Manríquez-Morán; Jesús Martín Castillo-Cerón & Irene Goyenechea 2016. Análisis herpetofaunístico de la zona árida del estado de Hidalgo. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 156–170 - get paper here
  • Goldberg, Stephen R., Charles R. Bursey and Jeanette Arreola. 2014. Lepidophyma gaigeae (Gaige's tropical night lizard) endoparasites. Herpetological Review 45 (3): 502 - get paper here
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  • Johnson, J. D., L. D. Wilson, V. Mata-Silva, E. García-Padilla, and D. L. DeSantis. 2017. The endemic herpetofauna of Mexico: organisms of global significance in severe peril. Mesoamerican Herpetology 4 (3): 544–620 - get paper here
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  • López-Mejía, A. & Goyenchea, I. 2012. Geographic distribution: Lepidophyma gaigeae (Gaige's tropical night lizard). Herpetological Review 43: 306 - get paper here
  • Mosauer,W. 1936. A new xantusiid lizard of the genus Lepidophyma. Herpetologica 1: 3-5 - get paper here
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  • Ocampo Salinas, Manuel, J., Castillo-cerón, J. M., Manríquez-morán, N., Goyenechea, I., & Casagranda, M. D. 2019. Endemism of lizards in the Chihuahuan Desert province: An approach based on endemicity analysis. Journal of Arid Environments - get paper here
  • Peterson, J. A. & Bezy, Robert L. 1985. The microstructure and evolution of scale surfaces in xantusiid lizards. Herpetologica 41 (3): 298-324. - get paper here
  • Smith, H.M. 1973. A tentative rearrangement of the lizards of the genus Lepidophyma. Journal of Herpetology 7 (2): 109-123 - get paper here
  • Smith, H.M. & Taylor,E.H. 1950. An annotated checklist and key to the reptiles of Mexico exclusive of the snakes. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 199: 1-253 - get paper here
  • Smith, Hobart M. 1939. Notes on Mexican reptiles and amphibians. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 24 (4): 15-35 - get paper here
  • Tepos-Ramírez M, Garduño-Fonseca FS, Peralta-Robles CA, García-Rubio OR, Cervantes Jiménez R 2023. Annotated checklist of amphibians and reptiles from Querétaro, Mexico, including new records, and comments on controversial species. Check List 19(2): 269-292 - get paper here
  • Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
 
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