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Lepidophyma occulor SMITH, 1942

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Higher TaxaXantusiidae (Lepidophyminae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Japlan Tropical Night Lizard
S: Lagartija Nocturna de Jalpan 
SynonymLepidophyma smithii occulor SMITH 1942: 378
Lepidophyma smithii occulor — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 153
Lepidophyma flavimaculatum occulor — SAVAGE 1963
Lepidophyma flavimaculatum occulor — WERMUTH 1965
Lepidophyma occulor — CAMMARILLO 1993
Lepidophyma occulor — LINER 1994
Lepidophyma occulor— BEZY & CAMARILLO 2002
Lepidophyma occulor — JOHNSON et al. 2017
Lepidophyma occulor — GRÜNWALD et al. 2023 
DistributionMexico (San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, Querétaro, Guanajuato)

Type locality: Jalpan, Querétaro.  
Reproductionovoviviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 47133 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS (DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS). The species differs from all other Lepidophyma except L. smithii and L. micropholis in having 58 or more gulars; from all except L. radula, L. smithii, L. lineri, L. tarascae, L. flavimaculatum, and L. sylvaticum in having 25 or fewer lateral tubercle rows; and from L. smithii in having 22 or more lateral tubercle rows (99%; Table 1) and in having a pale parietal spot throughout life. Lepidophyma occulor is most similar to L. smithii, from which it differs in karyotype and in the presence of a parietal spot (from BEZY & CAMARILLO 2002).
 
CommentDistribution: See map in Grünwald et al. 2023: 18 (Fig. 7). 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin “occulor” (= “one who hides”) and refers to the secretive or reclusive behavior of the members of the genus. 
References
  • 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
  • Camarillo R., Jose L. 1993. Lepidophyma occulor (Jalpan tropical night lizard). Mexico: San Luis Potosi. Herpetological Review 24 (3): 109 - get paper here
  • Cammarillo R J L. 1993. Lepidophyma occulor (Jalpan Tropical Night Lizard). Herpetological Review 24 (3): 109 - get paper here
  • Campos-Rodríguez, J. I. B. Pérez-Valera, L. E. Evaristo-Aguilar and Raúl Hernández-Arciga. 2009. Extensiones de distribución de reptiles para el estado de Guanajuato, México. Vertebrata Mexicana 22:13-16 - get paper here
  • Campos-Rodríguez, J. I., L. Chambert, M. del Carmen Díaz, R. Hernández-Arciga y F. Mendoza-Quijano 2004. Geographic Distribution: Lepidophyma occulor. Herpetological Review 35: 288-289 - 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
  • 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
  • Grünwald CI, Reyes-Velasco J, Ahumada-Carrillo IT, Montaño-Ruvalcaba C, Franz-Chávez H, La Forest BT, Ramírez-Chaparro R, Terán-Juárez S, Borja-Jiménez JM 2023. A new species of saxicolous Lepidophyma (Squamata, Xantusiidae) from Tamaulipas, Mexico. Herpetozoa 36: 9-21 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Lara-Tufiño, Daniel, Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista and Raciel Cruz-Elizalde. 2015. Lepidophyma occulor Smith, 1942. Maximum Size. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 110–111 - get paper here
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, Smith GR, Woolrich-Piña GA 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 753: 83-106 - get paper here
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  • Leyte-Manrique A, Mata-Silva V, Báez-Montes O, Fucsko LA, DeSantis DL, García-Padilla E, Rocha A, Johnson JD, Porras LW, Wilson LD. 2022. The herpetofauna of Guanajuato, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 16(2) [General Section: 133–180 (e321) - get paper here
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 1942. Mexican herpetological miscellany. Proc. US Natl. Mus. 92 (3153): 349-395 - get paper here
  • Taylor, Edward H. 1952. Third contribution of the herpetology of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 34 (13): 793-815 - 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
  • Vite-Silva, Victor D.; Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista y Uriel Hernández-Salinas 2010. Diversidad de anfibios y reptiles de la Reserva de la Biosfera Barranca de Metztitlán, Hidalgo, México Diversity of amphibians and reptiles from the Barranca de Metztitlán Biosphera Reserve in Hidalgo, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 81: 473- 485 - get paper here
 
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