Xenosaurus mendozai

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Xenosaurus mendozai
Xenosaurus platyceps WLF-368-4X, Municipio Victoria; 12 July 2004.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Xenosauridae
Genus: Xenosaurus
Species:
X. mendozai
Binomial name
Xenosaurus mendozai
Nieto-Montes de Oca, García-Vázquez, Zúñiga-Vega & Schmidt-Ballardo, 2013

Xenosaurus mendozai is a lizard found in Mexico. [1]

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