Species

Lepidophyma lusca

Lepidophyma lusca · described by ARENAS-MORENO, MUÑOZ-NOLASCO, BAUTISTA-DEL MORAL, RODRÍGUEZ-MIRANDA, DOMÍNGUEZ-GUERRERO & MÉNDEZ-DE LA CRUZ 2021

Lepidophyma flavimaculatum, a close relative of Lepidophyma lusca

Pictured: Lepidophyma flavimaculatum, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Lepidophyma lusca
First described
ARENAS-MORENO, MUÑOZ-NOLASCO, BAUTISTA-DEL MORAL, RODRÍGUEZ-MIRANDA, DOMÍNGUEZ-GUERRERO & MÉNDEZ-DE LA CRUZ 2021
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Lizards (Sauria)
Family
Xantusiidae
Genus
Lepidophyma

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree