Common Names
Common Names in English:
Lagartija Nocturna De Lowe., Lowe’s Tropical Night Lizard, Lowe’s Tropical Night Lizard, S: Lagartija Nocturna De Lowe.
Description
Habitat
Ecology: This poorly-known species has been recorded living in rock crevices within pine-oak forest
. It is not known is the species can persist in disturbed
or modified habitats
. Camarillo, (1999) reports that a female gave birth to four offspring in April.[1]
List of Habitats:1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
()
- Family:
Xantusiidae
()
- Subfamily:
Xantusiinae
()
- Genus:
Lepidophyma
()
- Werler & Shannon, 1957
- Specific name:
lowei
- Bezy & Camarillo
- Scientific name: - Lepidophyma lowei Bezy & Camarillo
- Specific name:
lowei
- Bezy & Camarillo
- Genus:
Lepidophyma
(
- Subfamily:
Xantusiinae
(
- Family:
Xantusiidae
(
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lepidophyma
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 32 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. chicoasensis (S: Lagartija Nocturna Del Sumidero) · L. cuicateca · L. dontomasi (S: Lagartija Nocturna De Macdougall) · L. flavimaculata · L. flavimaculatum (Yellow-Spotted Tropical Night Lizard) · L. flavimaculatum flavimaculatum (Yellow-Spotted Tropical Night Lizard) · L. flavimaculatum lineri · L. flavimaculatum ophiophthalmum · L. flavimaculatum tehuanae · L. flavimaculatum tenebrarum · L. flavomaculata · L. flavomaculatum · L. gaigeae (S: Lagartija Nocturna De Gaige) · L. lineri (S: Lagartija Nocturna De Liner) · L. lipetzi (S: Lagartija Nocturna Del Ocote) · L. lipetzidel · L. lowei (S: Lagartija Nocturna De Lowe.) · L. mayae (S: Escorpion Nocturno Maya.) · L. micropholis (S: Lagartija Nocturna De Cueva) · L. obscurum · L. occulor (S: Lagartija Nocturna De Jalpan) · L. pajapanensis (S: Lagartija Nocturna De Pajapan.) · L. radula (S: Lagartija Nocturna De Yautepec) · L. reticulatum (Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard) · L. silvaticum · L. smithi · L. smithii (S: Lagartija Nocturna De Smith) · L. smithii occulor · L. smithii smithii · L. sylvaticum (S: Lagartija Nocturna De Montana.) · L. tarascae (S: Lagartija Nocturna De Tarasca) · L. tuxtlae (Tuxtla Tropical Night Lizard)
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Further Reading
- Bezy et al. (1997) CONTRIBUTIONS IN SCIENCE (LOS ANGELES) 1997 (465): 1-8.
- Bezy et al. (2002) Contributions in Science (493): 1–41
- Bezy, R.L. and Camarillo R., J.L. 1997. A new species of Lepidophyma (Sauria: Xantusiidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Contributions in Science 465: 1-8.
- Bezy, R.L. and Camarillo R., J.L. 2002. Systematics of Xantusiid lizards of the genus Lepidophyma. Contributions in Science Los Angeles County Museum 493: 1-41.
- Camarillo, R.J.L. 1999. Lepidophyma lowei (Lowe's Tropical Night Lizard). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 30(2): 97.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Flores-Villela, O. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2541060
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-17603
- IUCN ID: 64353
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 643859
Footnotes
- Flores-Villela, O. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
