NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Xantusiidae
  Suborder - Autarchoglossa
  Order - Squamata
  Class - Reptilia
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Lepidophyma alvarezi
      Species - Lepidophyma chicoasensis
      Species - Lepidophyma dontomasi
      Species - Lepidophyma flavimaculatum
      Species - Lepidophyma gaigeae
      Species - Lepidophyma lipetzi
      Species - Lepidophyma micropholis
      Species - Lepidophyma occulor
      Species - Lepidophyma pajapanensis
      Species - Lepidophyma radula
      Species - Lepidophyma sawini
      Species - Lepidophyma smithii
      Species - Lepidophyma sylvaticum
      Species - Lepidophyma tarascae
      Species - Lepidophyma tuxtlae