Lepidophyma pajapanensis WERLER, 1957

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Higher Taxa	Xantusiidae (Lepidophyminae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Pajapan Tropical Night Lizard S: Lagartija Nocturna de Pajapán.
Synonym	Lepidophyma pajapanensis WERLER 1957 Lepidophyma pajapanensis — SAVAGE 1963 Lepidophyma pajapanensis — LINER 1994 Lepidophyma pajapanensis— BEZY & CAMARILLO 2002 Lepidophyma pajapanense — GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ et al. 2010
Distribution	Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca) Type locality: Southeast side of Volcán San Martin Pajápan (elevation: 3500 feet), Veracruz
Reproduction	viviparous
Types	Holotype: FMNH 78382
Diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS (DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS). The species differs from all other Lepidophyma except L. tuxtlae in having the paravertebral rows composed of a nearly uninterrupted string of subequal tubercles; from L. tuxtlae, L. dontomasi, L. gaigeae, L. radula, L. tarascae, L. lineri, and L. occulor in having 30 or more femoral pores; from all except L. mayae, L. tuxtlae, and L. sylvaticum in having 39 or more large paravertebral tubercles; and from L. dontomasi, L. lowei, L. radula, L. tarascae, L. lineri, L. mayae, L. micropholis, L. occulor, and L. sylvaticum in having 6 or more pretympanics.
Comment	Max. SVL: 82 mm.
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Aguilar-Cortes R., CAMARILLO R J L. and BEZY R L. 1990. Distribution, species status and reproductive mode of the xantusiid lizard Lepidophyma pajapanensis. Southwestern Naturalist 35 (3): 373-374. - 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-Márquez, Luis, and Cynthia Grisell Ramírez-Gonzalez. 2015. New herpetofaunal records for the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2(3): 363–367 - get paper here GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ, URI OMAR; LUIS CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ & JOSÉ LUIS AGUILAR-LÓPEZ 2010. A new species of night lizard of the genus Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from southern Puebla, México. Zootaxa 2657: 47–54 - get paper here Mata-Silva, Vicente, Jerry D. Johnson, Larry David Wilson and Elí García-Padilla. 2015. The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6–62 - get paper here Savage, J. M. 1963. 'Studies on the Lizard Family Xantusiidae IV. The Genera. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum (71): 1 - 38 - get paper here Werler, J. E. 1957. A new lizard of the genus Lepidophyma from Volcan San Martin Pajapan, Venezuela. Herpetologica 13: 223-226 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List - Lepidophyma pajapanensis - Least Concern, LC National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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