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Yellow-spotted night lizard
Lepidophyma flavimaculatum
TAXONOMY
Lepidophyma flavimaculatum Duméril, 1851.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
Spanish: Escorpión nocturno puntos amarillos, lepidofima.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The yellow-spotted night lizard is medium-sized (maximum snout-vent length, 5 in [13 cm]) with round pupils lacking eyelids. The sides of the body are covered with large, tubercular scales. Ten longitudinal rows of scales cover the ventral surface. The lizard is dark brown to black with yellow spots.
DISTRIBUTION
Southern Mexico to Panama.
HABITAT
The yellow-spotted night lizard inhabits wet tropical forests (rainforests, cloud forests) in decaying logs, tree stumps, leaf litter, rock crevices, caves, and ruins.
BEHAVIOR
The yellow-spotted night lizard seldom is found outside cover.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
The yellow-spotted night lizard eats insects, Spiders, scorpions, and other arthropods found in decaying logs.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
The yellow-spotted night lizard bears five to eight live young. All-female populations occur in Costa Rica and Panama.
CONSERVATION STATUS
The yellow-spotted night lizard is not officially listed as threatened but is severely affected by the clearing of forests.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.
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