Lepidophyma jasonjonesi GRÜNWALD, REYES-VELASCO, AHUMADA-CARRILLO, MONTAÑO-RUVALCABA FRANZ-CHÁVEZ, LA FOREST, RAMÍREZ-CHAPARRO, TERÁN-JUÁREZ & BORJA-JIMÉNEZ, 2023
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Higher Taxa | Xantusiidae (Lepidophyminae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: Jones’ Night Lizard Spanish: Lagartija Nocturna de Jones |
Synonym | Lepidophyma jasonjonesi GRÜNWALD, REYES-VELASCO, AHUMADA-CARRILLO, MONTAÑO-RUVALCABA FRANZ-CHÁVEZ, LA FOREST, RAMÍREZ-CHAPARRO, TERÁN-JUÁREZ & BORJA-JIMÉNEZ 2023 Lepidophyma jasonjonesi — GRÜNWALD et al. 2023 |
Distribution | Mexico (Tamaulipas) Type locality: 28 km NNE of Jaumave, on Federal Highway 101 to Ciudad Victoria, Municipio de Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico (23.617489, -99.285573, 1,005 m a.s.l.; datum = WGS84 |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype (Fig. 2). INIRENA 2817 (Original field number CIG-0969). Adult male collected in a rock crevice near a small seep (Fig. 3), by Jason M. Jones and Ivan Ahumada-Carrillo on 26 July 2016. Paratypes (Fig. 4). INIRENA 2818 (Original field number CIG-0970). Adult male, with the same collection data as the Holotype. |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Distribution: See map in Grünwald et al. 2023: 18 (Fig. 7). |
Etymology | Named in honour of Jason Michael Jones, American-Mexican herpetologist and savvy field collector, who has always shared a profound interest for members of the family Xantusiidae and who collected the type series of the new species. |
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