Yellow-spotted night lizard

Lepidophyma flavimaculatum

The yellow-spotted tropical night lizard or yellow-spotted night lizard is a species of night lizard.
Lepidophyma flavimaculatum  Lepidophyma flavimaculatum,Yellow-spotted night lizard

Naming

It includes four subspecies:
⤷  ''Lepidophyma flavimaculatum flavimaculatum''
⤷  ''Lepidophyma flavimaculatum ophiophthalmum''
⤷  ''Lepidophyma flavimaculatum tehuanae''
⤷  ''Lepidophyma flavimaculatum tenebrarum''

Distribution

It is distributed from central Mexico through the Central America south to Panama.

Habitat

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.

Reproduction

It reproduces parthenogenetically, and gives birth to fully developed young.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassReptilia
OrderSquamata
FamilyXantusiidae
GenusLepidophyma
SpeciesL. flavimaculatum
Photographed in
Costa Rica