Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: March 2nd, 2024.
 
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Genus
Lepidophyma
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Tropical Night Lizards, Central American Night Lizards, Bark Lizards
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Tropische Nachtechsen, Mittelamerikanische Nachtechsen
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Tropiske Natøgler
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1851 |  |
Lepidophyma Dumeril (type species: Lepidophyma flavimaculatus Dumeril 1851) |
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1863 | |
Poriodogaster Smith (type species: Poriodogaster grayii Smith 1863; syn. Bezy & Camarillo R. 2002) |
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1878 | |
Akleistops Müller (type species: Akleistops guatemalensis Müller 1878; syn. Bezy & Camarillo R. 2002) |
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1939 | |
Gaigeia Smith (type species: Lepidophyma gaigeia Mosauer 1936; syn. Bezy & Camarillo R. 2002) |
Contents:
23 species, of which 19 (82.6%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
Mexico, Central America.
Reported from:
Belize,
Costa Rica,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Colima,
Guerrero,
Hidalgo,
Michoacan,
Nuevo Leon,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Queretaro,
Quintana Roo,
San Luis Potosi,
Tabasco,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz),
Nicaragua,
Panama.
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Lepidophyma chicoasensis
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Sumidero Tropical Night Lizard
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Sumidero-Nachtechse
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Sumidero-natøgle
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1988 | |
Lepidophyma chicoasensis Alvarez & Valentin |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Chiapas).
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Lepidophyma cuicateca
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Cuicatlan Tropical Night Lizard
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Cuicatlan-Nachtechse
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Cuicatlan-natøgle
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2008 | |
Lepidophyma cuicateca Canseco-Márquez, Gutiérrez-Mayen & Mendoza-Hernández |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Oaxaca).
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Lepidophyma dontomasi
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Lachiguiri Tropical Night Lizard, (MacDougall's Tropical Night Lizard)
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Lachiguiri-Nachtechse
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Lachiguiri-natøgle
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1942 | |
Gaigeia dontomasi Smith |
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Lepidophyma dontomasi Smith & Taylor 1950 |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Oaxaca).
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Lepidophyma flavimaculatum
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Yellow-spotted Night Lizard, Common Yellow-spotted Night Lizard
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Krokodil-Nachtechse
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Gulplettet Natøgle
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1851 | |
Lepidophyma flavimaculatus Dumeril |
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1863 | |
Poriodogaster grayii Smith (Bezy & Camarillo R. 2002) |
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1924 | |
Lepidophyma flavimaculatum obscurum Barbour |
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Lepidophyma obscurum Taylor 1956 |
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1955 | |
Lepidophyma anomalum Taylor (Bezy & Camarillo R. 2002) |
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1955 | |
Lepidophyma maculatum Taylor [lapsus for flavimaculatum] (Wermuth 1965) |
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1955 | |
Lepidophyma ophiophthalmum Taylor (Bezy & Camarillo R. 2002) |
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Lepidophyma flavimaculatum ophiophthalmum Wermuth 1965 |
Remarks:
Status of ophiophthalmum is uncertain (Savage 1963; Smith 1973).
Distribution:
Belize,
Costa Rica,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Hidalgo,
Oaxaca,
Quintana Roo,
Tabasco,
Veracruz),
Nicaragua,
Panama.
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Lepidophyma flavimaculatum
© Rune Midtgaard
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Lepidophyma gaigeae
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Hidalgo Tropical Night Lizard, (Gaige's Tropical Night Lizard)
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Hidalgo-Nachtechse
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Hidalgo-natøgle
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1936 | |
Lepidophyma gaigeae Mosauer |
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Gaigeia gaigeae Smith 1939 |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Guanajuato,
Hidalgo,
Queretaro,
San Luis Potosi).
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Lepidophyma inagoi
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Guerreran Tropical Night Lizard
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Guerrero-Nachtechse
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Guerrero-natøgle
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2018 | |
Lepidophyma inagoi Palacios-Aguilar, Santos-Bibiano & Flores-Villela |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Guerrero).
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Lepidophyma jasonjonesi
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Victoria Tropical Night Lizard, (Jones' Night Lizard)
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Victoria-Nachtechse
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Victoria-natøgle
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2023 | |
Lepidophyma jasonjonesi Grünwald, Reyes-Velasco, Ahumada-Carrillo, Montaño-Ruvalcaba, Franz-Chávez, Forest, Ramírez-Chaparro, Terán-Juárez & Borja-Jiménez |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Tamaulipas).
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Lepidophyma lineri
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Loxicha Tropical Night Lizard, (Liner's Tropical Night Lizard)
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Loxicha-Nachtechse
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Loxicha-natøgle
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1973 | |
Lepidophyma flavimaculatum lineri Smith |
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Lepidophyma lineri Bezy & Camarillo R. 2002 |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Oaxaca).
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Lepidophyma lipetzi
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Malpaso Tropical Night Lizard, (Lipetz's Tropical Night Lizard)
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Malpaso-Nachtechse
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Malpaso-natøgle
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1977 | |
Lepidophyma lipetzi Smith & Alvarez del Toro |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Chiapas).
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Lepidophyma lowei
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Zoogocho Tropical Night Lizard, (Lowe's Tropical Night Lizard)
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Zoogocho-Nachtechse
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Zoogocho-natøgle
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1997 | |
Lepidophyma lowei Bezy & Camarillo R. |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Oaxaca).
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Lepidophyma lusca
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Huasteca Tropical Night Lizard
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Huasteca-Nachtechse
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Huasteca-natøgle
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2021 | |
Lepidophyma lusca Arenas-Moreno, Muñoz-Nolasco, Bautista-del Moral, Rodríguez-Miranda, Domínguez-Guerrero & Méndez-de la Cruz |
Distribution:
Mexico
(San Luis Potosi).
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Lepidophyma mayae
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Mayan Tropical Night Lizard
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Maya-Nachtechse
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Maya-natøgle
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1973 | |
Lepidophyma mayae Bezy |
Distribution:
Belize,
Guatemala.
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Lepidophyma micropholis
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Cave Tropical Night Lizard
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Höhlen-Nachtechse
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Hule-natøgle
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1955 | |
Lepidophyma micropholis Walker |
Distribution:
Mexico
(San Luis Potosi,
Tamaulipas).
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Lepidophyma occulor
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Jalpan Tropical Night Lizard
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Jalpan-Nachtechse
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Jalpan-natøgle
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1942 | |
Lepidophyma smithii occulor Smith |
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Lepidophyma flavimaculatum occulor Walker 1955 |
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Lepidophyma occulor Bezy 1972 |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Guanajuato,
Hidalgo,
Queretaro,
San Luis Potosi).
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Lepidophyma pajapanensis
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Pajapan Tropical Night Lizard
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Pajapan-Nachtechse
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Pajapan-natøgle
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1957 | |
Lepidophyma pajapanensis Werler |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Oaxaca,
Veracruz).
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Lepidophyma radula
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Yautepec Tropical Night Lizard
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Yautepec-Nachtechse
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Yautepec-natøgle
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1942 | |
Gaigeia radula Smith |
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Lepidophyma radula Savage 1963 |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Oaxaca).
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Lepidophyma ramirezi
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Cintalapa Tropical Night Lizard
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Cintalapa-Nachtechse
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Cintalapa-natøgle
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2021 | |
Lepidophyma ramirezi Lara-Tufiño & Nieto-Montes de Oca |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Oaxaca,
Veracruz,
Tabasco).
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Lepidophyma reticulatum
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Reticulated Tropical Night Lizard, Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard
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Costaricanische Nachtechse
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Costaricansk Natøgle
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1955 | |
Lepidophyma reticulatum Taylor |
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Lepidophyma flavimaculatum reticulatum Wermuth 1965 |
Distribution:
Costa Rica.
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Lepidophyma reticulatum
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Lepidophyma smithii
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Mazatenango Tropical Night Lizard, (Smith's Tropical Night Lizard)
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Mazatenango-Nachtechse
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Mazatenango-natøgle
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1876 | |
Lepidophyma smithii Bocourt |
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Lepidophyma flavimaculatum smithii Savage 1963 |
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1878 | |
Akleistops guatemalensis Müller (Bezy & Camarillo R. 2002) |
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1942 | |
Lepidophyma smithii tehuanae Smith (Bezy & Camarillo R. 2002) |
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Lepidophyma flavimaculatum tehuanae Wermuth 1965 |
Other common names:
tehuanae: Tehuana Tropical Night Lizard
Remarks:
Listed for Veracruz by Bezy & Camarillo-Rangel (2002), but not included by
Torres-Hernandez, Ramirez-Bautista, Cruz-Elizalde, Hernandez-Salinas, Berriozabal-Islas, DeSantis, Johnson, Rocha, Garcia-Padilla, Mata-Silva, Fucsko & Wilson (2021).
Distribution:
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Guerrero,
Oaxaca).
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Lepidophyma sylvaticum
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Madrean Tropical Night Lizard
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Ostmexikanische Gebirgs-Nachtechse
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Østmexicansk Bjergnatøgle
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1939 | |
Lepidophyma sylvatica Taylor |
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Gaigeia sylvatica Smith 1942 |
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1955 | |
Lepidophyma flavimaculatum tenebrarum Walker (Bezy & Camarillo R. 2002) |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Hidalgo,
Nuevo Leon,
Puebla,
Queretaro,
San Luis Potosi,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz).
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Lepidophyma tarascae
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Tarascan Tropical Night Lizard
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Tarasca-Nachtechse
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Tarasca-natøgle
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1982 | |
Lepidophyma tarascae Bezy, Webb & Alvarez |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Colima,
Guerrero,
Michoacan).
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Lepidophyma tuxtlae
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Tuxtlan Tropical Night Lizard
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Tuxtla-Nachtechse
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Tuxtla-natøgle
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1957 | |
Lepidophyma tuxtlae Werler & Shannon |
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Lepidophyma flavimaculatum tuxtlae Savage 1963 |
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1973 | |
Lepidophyma alvarezi Smith (Bezy & Camarillo R. 2002) |
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1973 | |
Lepidophyma sawini Smith (Bezy & Camarillo R. 2002) |
Other common names:
alvarezi: Alvarez del Toro's Night Lizard
sawini: Sawin's Tropical Night Lizard
Distribution:
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Tabasco,
Veracruz).
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Lepidophyma zongolica
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Zongolica Mountains Tropical Night Lizard
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Zongolica-Nachtechse
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Zongolica-natøgle
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2010 | |
Lepidophyma zongolica García-Vázquez, Canseco-Márquez & Aguilar-López |
Distribution:
Mexico
(Puebla,
Veracruz).
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