INFRAORDER - Anguinomorpha

FAMILY - Xenosauridae

Distribution:- Sierra Madre Oriental (Mexico)

Comments:- May grow to about 10cm mm (7.5 inches) total length


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Flathead Knob-scaled Lizard (Xenosaurus platyceps)



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Flathead Knob-scaled Lizard (Xenosaurus platyceps



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Flathead Knob-scaled Lizard (Xenosaurus platyceps)

LINKS

Xenosaurus platyceps KING & THOMPSON, 1968
The Reptile Database

Flathead Knob-scaled Lizard (Xenosaurus platyceps)

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