Lepidophyma lineri, also known commonly as Liner's tropical night lizard and la lagartija nocturna de Liner in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the subfamily Lepidophyminae of the family Xantusiidae. The species is native to southern Mexico.
Etymology
The specific name, lineri, is in honor of American herpetologist Ernest A. Liner.
Geographic range
L. lineri is native to the Sierra de Miahuatlán, a sub-range of the Sierra Madre del Sur in south-central Oaxaca, Mexico.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. lineri is unknown because all specimens have been collected from coffee plantations.
Reproduction
L. lineri is ovoviviparous.
References
Further reading
- , (2002). "Systematics of xantusiid lizards of the genus Lepidophyma ". Contributions in Science (493): 1âÂÂ41. (Lepidophyma lineri, new taxonomic status). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Mata-Silva V, Johnson JD, Wilson LD, GarcÃÂa-Padilla E (2015). "The herpetofauna of Oaxaca, Mexico: composition, physiographic distribution, and conservation status". Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (1): 6âÂÂ62. (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Smith HM (1973). "A Tentative Rearrangement of the Lizards of the Genus Lepidophyma ". Journal of Herpetology 7 (2). 109âÂÂ123. (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum lineri, new subspecies, p. 118).