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Lepidophyma (tropical night lizard)
Taxonomy
Lepidophyma was named by Duméril (1851). It is extant.
It was assigned to Xantusiidae by Hecht (1956), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996).
It was assigned to Xantusiidae by Hecht (1956), Estes (1983), Carroll (1988) and Frank and Ramus (1996).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1851 | Lepidophyma Duméril |
| 1939 | Gaigeia Smith |
| 1953 | Impensodens Langebartel |
| 1956 | Lepidophyma Hecht p. 2 |
| 1983 | Lepidophyma Estes |
| 1988 | Lepidophyma Carroll |
| 1996 | Lepidophyma Frank and Ramus |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Lepidophyma Duméril 1851 [tropical night lizard]
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†Lepidophyma arizeloglyphus Langebartel 1953
Lepidophyma flavimaculatum Dumeril 1851 [Yellow-spotted night lizard]
Lepidophyma gaigeae Mosauer 1936 [Gaige's tropical night lizard]
Lepidophyma smithii Bocourt 1876 [Smiths tropical night lizard]
Invalid names: Gaigeia Smith 1939 [synonym], Impensodens Langebartel 1953 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available