''Lepidophyma lowei'', Lowe'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 San Bartolome Zoogocho, in Zoogocho Municipality, in the

Sierra Madre de Oaxaca The Sierra Madre de Oaxaca is a mountain range in southern Mexico. It is primarily in the state of Oaxaca, and extends north into the states of Puebla and Veracruz. Geography The mountain range begins at Pico de Orizaba, and extends in a southeas ...

of Oaxaca state at 2,200 meters elevation.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3229923 Lepidophyma Endemic reptiles of Mexico Fauna of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Reptiles described in 1997 Taxa named by Robert L. Bezy