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Lepidophyma lowei

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Lepidophyma lowei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Xantusiidae
Genus: Lepidophyma
Species:
L. lowei
Binomial name
Lepidophyma lowei
Bezy & Camarillo, 1997

Lepidophyma lowei, Lowe's tropical night lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. It is a small lizard found in Mexico.[2] It is known only from San Bartolome Zoogocho, in Zoogocho Municipality, in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca of Oaxaca state at 2,200 meters (7,200 ft) elevation.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Flores-Villela, O. (2007). "Lepidophyma lowei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64353A12773610. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64353A12773610.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lepidophyma lowei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.