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Lepidophyma pajapanensis

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Lepidophyma pajapanensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Xantusiidae
Genus: Lepidophyma
Species:
L. pajapanensis
Binomial name
Lepidophyma pajapanensis
Werler, 1957

Lepidophyma pajapanensis, the Pajapan tropical night lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. It is a small lizard found in Mexico.[2] It is native to the coastal Sierra de los Tuxtlas, and to the southeast near Jesús Carranza on the Coatzacoalcos River in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It ranges from sea level up to 1,500 meters elevation.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Calderón Mandujano, R.; Lopez-Luna, M.A. (2007). "Lepidophyma pajapanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64356A12773846. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64356A12773846.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lepidophyma pajapanensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.