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{{Short description|Species of lizard}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = ''Xenosaurus rectocollaris''
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite journal | author = Canseco-Márquez, L. | author2 = Flores-Villela, O. | title = ''Xenosaurus rectocollaris'' | journal = [[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume= 2007 | page = e.T64374A12762437 | year = 2007 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64374A12762437.en | doi-access = free }}</ref>
| genus = Xenosaurus
| species = rectocollaris
| authority = [[Hobart Muir Smith|Smith]] and Iverson, 1993
| range_map = Xenosaurus rectocollaris distribution.png
}}

'''''Xenosaurus rectocollaris''''', sometimes known as the '''pallid knob-scaled lizard''', is a species of [[viviparous]] [[lizard]]. It is [[endemic]] to [[Mexico]] where it is known from the [[Sierra Madre de Oaxaca]] of [[Oaxaca]] and [[Puebla]] states.<ref name=IUCN/><ref name=RDB/> It is a rare species occurring in rock crevices in pristine semi-arid areas.<ref name=IUCN/>

==References==
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<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB species|genus=Xenosaurus |species=rectocollaris |accessdate=15 March 2017}}</ref>
}}

{{Taxonbar|from=Q2710565}}

[[Category:Xenosauridae]]
[[Category:Endemic reptiles of Mexico]]
[[Category:Fauna of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1993]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Hobart Muir Smith]]

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Xenosaurus rectocollaris - Revision history

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