Xenosaurus platyceps

Xenosaurus platyceps, the flathead knob-scaled lizard, is a lizard found in the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. Its natural habitat is dry scrub forest and oak savanna. The species is endangered due to habitat fragmentation for the development of tourism and agriculture as well as predation by feral cats. Currently, the flathead knob-scaled lizard does not live in a protected area.^[1] Temperature plays a large part in growth rates of Xenosaurus Platyceps along with genetic factors. It has been found that the flathead knob-scaled lizards living in lower elevation, in a more tropical environment, grow virtually twice as fast as those from higher elevations, in a more temperate environment.^[2]

Xenosaurus platyceps
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Xenosauridae
Genus:	Xenosaurus
Species:	X. platyceps
Binomial name
Xenosaurus platyceps King & Thompson, 1968

Flathead Knob-scaled Lizard (Xenosaurus platyceps) from the vicinity of the type locality, west of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico