Lepidophyma micropholis WALKER, 1955
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Lepidophyma micropholis
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| Higher Taxa | Xantusiidae (Lepidophyminae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Cave Tropical Night Lizard S: Lagartija Nocturna de Cueva |
| Synonym | Lepidophyma micropholis WALKER 1955 Lepidophyma micropholis — SAVAGE 1963 Lepidophyma micropholis — LINER 1994 Lepidophyma micropholis— BEZY & CAMARILLO 2002 Lepidophyma micropholis — JOHNSON et al. 2017 Lepidophyma micropholis — GRÜNWALD et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosi). Type locality: cave, El Pachón, 5 mi NNE Antiguo Morelos, Tamaulipas, México, estimated elevation 600–700 feet. |
| Reproduction | ovovivparous |
| Types | Holotype: UMMZ 101298 |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS (DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS). The species differs from all other Lepidophyma except L. occulor in having 230 or more dorsal scales. It differs from L. occulor, L. dontomasi, L. radula, L. tarascae, and L. lineri in having 28 or more femoral pores; and from all except L. smithii, L. flavimaculatum, L. chicoasense, L. occulor, and L. sylvaticum in having 55 or more gulars (from BEZY & CAMARILLO 2002). |
| Comment | Distribution: Not in Morelos fide Lemos-Espinal 2020 (although the type locality is in Antiguo Morelos, Tamaulipas). See map in Grünwald et al. 2023: 18 (Fig. 7). |
| Etymology | Named after the Greek “mikros” = small and Greek “pholis” (φολίς) = scale, and presumably refers to the small size of the dorsal scales. |
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