''Lepidophyma pajapanensis'', the Pajapan tropical night lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. It is a small lizard found in

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. It is native to the coastal Sierra de los Tuxtlas, and to the southeast near

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on the

Coatzacoalcos River The Coatzacoalcos is a large river that feeds mainly the south part of the state of Veracruz; it originates in the Sierra de Niltepec and crosses the state of Oaxaca in the region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, flowing for toward the Gulf of M ...

in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It ranges from sea level up to 1,500 meters elevation.

References

Lepidophyma Endemic reptiles of Mexico Fauna of Los Tuxtlas Reptiles described in 1957 {{lizard-stub