Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard
Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Xantusiidae |
Genus: | Lepidophyma |
Species: | L. flavimaculatum
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Binomial name | |
Lepidophyma flavimaculatum A. Duméril, 1851
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The yellow-spotted tropical night lizard[2] or yellow-spotted night lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum) is a species of night lizard.[1][3] It is distributed from central Mexico through the Central America south to Panama. It includes four subspecies:[3]
- Lepidophyma flavimaculatum flavimaculatum
- Lepidophyma flavimaculatum ophiophthalmum
- Lepidophyma flavimaculatum tehuanae
- Lepidophyma flavimaculatum tenebrarum
Reproduction[]
It reproduces parthenogenetically,[1] and gives birth to fully developed young lizards.[1]
Habitat and ecology[]
It is a secretive, terrestrial and nocturnal lizard of tropical wet and moist forests. Mostly found on the ground, it is occasionally found on tree trunks or beneath bark on standing trees. It feeds on small invertebrates.[1]
Fiction[]
Yellow-spotted lizards were a main feature in the book "Holes" by Louis Sachar
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Sunyer, J., Chaves, G., Porras, L.W., Lamar, W. & Solórzano, A. (2013). "Lepidophyma flavimaculatum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T197495A2490538. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T197495A2490538.en.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ^ "SPECIES Lepidophyma flavimaculatum". UniProt. Retrieved 9 May 2011.
- ^ a b Lepidophyma flavimaculatum at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 October 2015.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Lepidophyma
- Lizards of North America
- Vertebrate parthenogenesis
- Reptiles of Belize
- Reptiles of Costa Rica
- Reptiles of Guatemala
- Reptiles of Honduras
- Reptiles of Mexico
- Reptiles of Nicaragua
- Reptiles of Panama
- Reptiles described in 1851
- Taxa named by Auguste Duméril
- Lizard stubs