[2] The specific name, iheringi, is in honor of German-Brazilian zoologist Rudolpho Teodoro Gaspar Wilhelm von Ihering.

[3] L. iheringi is found in northeastern Brazil, in the Brazilian state of Paraíba.

[1][2] The preferred natural habitat of L. iheringi is shrubland.

It has smooth dorsal scales without apical pits.

It has 151 ventrals, a divided anal plate, and 50 pairs of subcaudals.