''Lepidophyma radula'', the Yautepec 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 from only from two locations in the
Valley of Oaxaca in central southern and central Oaxaca state – San Jose Manteca, five km from
San Carlos Yautepec, and on the road between
Mitla and
Ayutla. It inhabits shrubland between 1,750 and 1,800 meters elevation.
References
Lepidophyma
Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Fauna of the Southern Pacific dry forests
Reptiles described in 1942
Taxa named by Hobart Muir Smith
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