Lepidophyma lowei

Lepidophyma lowei
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. lowei
Binomial name
	Lepidophyma lowei; Bezy & Camarillo, 1997

Last updated March 15, 2025

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

Etymology

The specific name, lowei, is in honor of American herpetologist Charles Herbert Lowe ^[3]^: 161

Geographic range

Lepidophyma lowei is known only from San Bartolomé Zoogocho, in the municipality of San Bartolomé Zoogocho, in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, in the northern part of the Mexican state of Oaxaca, at 2,200 m (7,200 ft) elevation.^[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Lepidophyma lowei is forest.^[1]

Reproduction

Lepidophyma lowei is viviparous.^[1]^[2] Litter size is four newborns.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 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.
1 2 Lepidophyma lowei 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. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

Bezy, R.L.; Camarillo, J.L. (1997). "A New Species of Lepidophyma (Sauria: Xantusiidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico". Contributions in Science (465): 1–8. (Lepidophyma lowei, new species).
Bezy, R.L.; Camarillo, J.L (2002). "Systematics of Xantusiid Lizards of the Genus Lepidophyma". Contributions in Science (493): 1–41. (Lepidophyma lowei, pp. 21–22, Figure 19).
Camarillo, J.L. (1999). "Lepidophyma lowei (Lowe's Tropical Night Lizard). Reproduction". Herpetological Review. 30 (2): 97.
Mata-Silva, V.; Johnson, J.D.; Wilson, L.D.; García-Padilla, E. (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology. 2 (1): 6–62.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 4 5 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.

[RDB-2] 1 2 Lepidophyma lowei 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. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

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