Lepidophyma micropholis

Lepidophyma micropholis, the cave tropical night lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. It is a small lizard found in Mexico.^[2] It is native to caves in the Sierra del Abra Tanchipa, part of the Sierra Madre Oriental in eastern San Luis Potosí and adjacent southern Tamaulipas states.^[1]

Lepidophyma micropholis
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Xantusiidae
Genus:	Lepidophyma
Species:	L. micropholis
Binomial name
Lepidophyma micropholis Walker, 1955