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Lepidophyma radula
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Xantusiidae
Genus:	Lepidophyma
Species:	L. radula
Binomial name
Lepidophyma radula Smith, 1942

Lepidophyma radula, the Yautepec tropical night lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. It is a small lizard found in Mexico. It is known from only from two locations in the Valley of Oaxaca in central southern and central Oaxaca state – San Jose Manteca, five km from San Carlos Yautepec, and on the road between Mitla and Ayutla. It inhabits shrubland between 1,750 and 1,800 meters elevation.

References

1. ^ Flores-Villela, O. (2007). "Lepidophyma radula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64357A12760609. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64357A12760609.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Lepidophyma radula at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.

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