Lepidophyma lineri

Lepidophyma lineri
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Xantusiidae
Genus:	Lepidophyma
Species:	L. lineri
Binomial name
	Lepidophyma lineri; H.M. Smith, 1973
Synonyms
	Lepidophyma flavimaculatum lineri; H.M. Smith, 1973;

Last updated February 09, 2025

Lepidophyma lineri, also known commonly as Liner's tropical night lizard and la lagartija nocturna de Liner in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Lepidophyminae of the family Xantusiidae. The species is native to southern Mexico.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, lineri, is in honor of American herpetologist Ernest A. Liner.^[3]

Geographic range

L. lineri is native to the Sierra de Miahuatlán, a sub-range of the Sierra Madre del Sur in south-central Oaxaca, Mexico.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. lineri is unknown because all specimens have been collected from coffee plantations.^[1]

Reproduction

L. lineri is ovoviviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Flores-Villela, O. (2007). "Lepidophyma lineri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T64351A12773429. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64351A12773429.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 3 Lepidophyma lineri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidophyma lineri, p. 159).

Bezy RL, Camarillo JL (2002). "Systematics of xantusiid lizards of the genus Lepidophyma ". Contributions in Science (493): 1–41. (Lepidophyma lineri, new taxonomic status). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, García-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology2 (1): 6–62. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
Smith HM (1973). "A Tentative Rearrangement of the Lizards of the Genus Lepidophyma ". Journal of Herpetology7 (2). 109–123. (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum lineri, new subspecies, p. 118).

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 Flores-Villela, O. (2007). "Lepidophyma lineri ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007: e.T64351A12773429. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64351A12773429.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Lepidophyma lineri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidophyma lineri, p. 159).

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