Biology:Lepidophyma gaigeae
From HandWiki
Short description: Species of lizard
| Lepidophyma gaigeae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Xantusiidae |
| Genus: | Lepidophyma |
| Species: | L. gaigeae
|
| Binomial name | |
| Lepidophyma gaigeae Mosauer, 1936
| |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Lepidophyma gaigeae, also known commonly as Gaige's tropical night lizard and la lagartija nocturna de Gaige in Mexican Spanish, is a small species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. The species is native to eastern Mexico.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, gaigeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige.[2]
Geographic range
L. gaigeae is native to the Sierra Madre Oriental of northern Querétaro state and adjacent northwestern Hidalgo state, between 1,800 and 2,200 m (5,900 and 7,200 ft) elevation.[3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of L. gaigeae is rocky areas of forest or shrubland.[3]
Reproduction
L. gaigeae is viviparous.[3][1] Litter size may be as small as one newborn.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lepidophyma gaigeae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidophyma gaigeae, p. 96).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namediucn status 18 November 2021
Further reading
- Goldberg, Stephen R.; Bursey, Charles R.; Arreola, Jeanette (2014). "Lepidophyma gaigeae (Gaige's Tropical Night Lizard). Endoparasites". Herpetological Review 45 (3): 502.
- Gonzalez A., Arturo (1995). "Distributional Notes for the Night Lizard Lepidophyma gaigeae (Xantusiidae)". Herpetological Review 26 (1): 15–17.
- Mosauer W (1936). "A New Xantusiid Lizard of the Genus Lepidophyma". Herpetologica 1: 3–5, Plate 2. (Lepidophyma gaigeae, new species).
- Smith HM (1939). "Notes on Mexican Reptiles and Amphibians". Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 24 (4): 15–35. (Gaigeia gaigeae, new combination, p. 24).
Wikidata ☰ Q3229918 entry
 |  |
