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Lepidophyma gaigeae MOSAUER, 1936

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Higher TaxaXantusiidae (Lepidophyminae), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gaige's Tropical Night Lizard
S: Lagartija Nocturna de Gaige 
SynonymLepidophyma gaigeae MOSAUER 1936
Gaigeia gaigeae — SMITH 1939
Gaigeia gaigeae — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 154
Lepidophyma gaigeae — SAVAGE 1963
Lepidophyma (Gaigeia) gaigeae — SMITH 1973
Lepidophyma gaigeae — LINER 1994
Lepidophyma gaigeae— BEZY & CAMARILLO 2002
Lepidophyma gaigeae — JOHNSON et al. 2017 
DistributionMexico (Queretaro, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Guanajuato)

Type locality: Durango, State of Hidalgo, Mexico  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 42145 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS (DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS). The species differs from all other Lepidophyma except L. tarascae in having enlarged caudal whorls that are separated dorsally by 2 rows of interwhorls both of which are complete ventrally; from all except L. dontomasi, L. radula, L. tarascae, L. tuxtlae, and L. sylvaticum in having 151 or fewer dorsals; from L. dontomasi, L. radula, and L. tarascae in having 28 or more femoral pores; from L. tuxtlae in lacking paravertebral rows composed of a continuous string of subequal tubercles; and from L. sylvaticum in lacking distinctly enlarged tubercles on the side of the body (from BEZY & CAMARILLO 2002). 
CommentHabitat/Ecomorph: rock-crevice

Distribution: Not in Durango fide Lemos-Espinal (2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Helen Thompson Gaige (1890–1976), former curator at the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. See Bell et al. 2021 for biographical data. 
References
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  • ARENAS-MORENO, DIEGO M.; FRANCISCO J. MUÑOZ-NOLASCO, ADÁN BAUTISTA-DEL MORAL, LUIS A. RODRÍGUEZ-MIRANDA, SAÚL F. DOMÍNGUEZ-GUERRERO, FAUSTO R. MÉNDEZ-DE LA CRUZ 2021. A new species of Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from San Luis Potosí, México, with notes on its physiological ecology. Zootaxa 4949 (1): 115-130 - get paper here
  • Bell, R., Arce H, M., Franklin, M., Roa-Varon, A., & Wehrle, B. A. 2021. Helen Thompson Gaige. Ichthyology & Herpetology, 109(1): 322
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Bezy R L. and CAMARILLO R J L. 1992. Systematics of xantusiid lizards allied with Lepidophyma gaigeae Mosauer. Herpetologica 48 (1): 97-110 - get paper here
  • Bezy R L. and Camarillo R J L. 1997. A new species of Lepidophyma (Sauria: Xantusiidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles (465): 1-8. - get paper here
  • Bezy, R. 2024. Photos of Type Specimens of Lepidophyma (Reptilia: Squamata: Xantusiidae) ResearchGate - get paper here
  • Bezy,R.L. & Camarillo, J.L. 2002. SYSTEMATICS OF XANTUSIID LIZARDS OF THE GENUS LEPIDOPHYMA. Contributions in Science (493): 1–41 - get paper here
  • CANSECO-MARQUEZ, LUIS; GUADALUPE GUTIIEREZ-MAYEN & ANDRES ALBERTO MENDOZA-HERNANDEZ 2008. A new species of night-lizard of the genus Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from the Cuicatlan Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico. Zootaxa 1750: 59-67 - get paper here
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