''Lepidophyma dontomasi'', MacDougall's tropical night lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. It is a small lizard found in

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. It is known only from the type locality on Cerro Lachiguiri in

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...

state, where it was collected at 2200 meters elevation. It may be more widespread.

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Lepidophyma Endemic reptiles of Mexico Fauna of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Reptiles described in 1942 Taxa named by Hobart Muir Smith {{lizard-stub