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Lipetz's Tropical Night Lizard
Lepidophyma lipetzi Smith & Del Toro, 1977
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Lepidophyma lipetzi, also known commonly as Lipetz's tropical night lizard and la lagartija nocturna del Ocote in Mexican Spanish, is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. It is a small lizard which is native to Mexico.
Wikipedia contributors, Lepidophyma lipetzi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T13:00:52.083645+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lepidophyma lipetzi Smith & Del Toro, 1977
- Name authority
- Smith & Del Toro, 1977
- Common name
- Lipetz's Tropical Night Lizard
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Xantusiidae
- Genus
- Lepidophyma
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyXantusiidae
- subfamilyLepidophyminae
- genusLepidophyma
- speciesLepidophyma lipetzi Smith & Del Toro, 1977
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lepidophyma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Sunidero Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma cuicatecum Canseco-Marquez, Gutiierez-Mayen & Mendoza-Hernandez, 2008 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gaige's Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma gaigeae Mosauer, 1936 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lowe’s Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma lowei Bezy & Camarillo, 1997 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mayan Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma mayae Bezy, 1973 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cave Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma micropholis Walker, 1955 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yautepec Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma radula (Smith, 1942) | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Costa Rican Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma reticulatum Taylor, 1955 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madrean Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma sylvaticum Taylor, 1939 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tuxtla Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma tuxtlae Werler & Shannon, 1957 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tarascan Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma tarascae Bezy, Webb & Álvarez, 1982 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidophyma inagoi Palacios-Aguilar, Santos-Bibiano & Flores-Villela, 2018 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidophyma lusca Arenas-Moreno, Muñoz-Nolasco, Bautista-Del Moral, Rodríguez-Miranda, Domínguez-Guerrero & Méndez-De LA Cruz, 2021 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lepidophyma&species=lipetzi Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6PCDC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.