Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard
- Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard
Taxobox
name = Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard
image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Xantusiidae
genus = Lepidophyma
species = "L. flavimaculatum"
binomial = "Lepidophyma flavimaculatum"
binomial_authority = A. Duméril, 1851The yellow-spotted tropical night lizard ("Lepidophyma flavimaculatum") is a night lizard ranging from central Mexico to Panama. It includes two subspecies, "Lepidophyma flavimaculatum flavimaculatum" and "Lepidophyma flavimaculatum obscurum."
Yellow-spotted tropical night lizards are among the largest of the night lizards, reaching a length of 12.7 cm. They are nearly black in color, with a series of yellow spots running along their sides from the tips of their snouts to their rear flanks. The spots shift into thin and subtle yellow bands on their tails. There is also yellow coloring on their underbody. Their heads are smooth and snakelike in appearance, while their bodies are covered in rough skin.
Like all night lizards, it is viviparous, giving live birth to its young. Yellow-spotted tropical night lizards also include all-female parthenogenetic (asexually reproducing) populations, located towards the southern end of their range in Central America.
Yellow-spotted tropical night lizards live in decaying logs in wet climates.The average life span of the Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard is around 10-15 years in the wild.
Uncommon in the exotic pet trade, yellow spotted night lizards are agressive and supply a painful bite to anyone who may handle them. Offspring born by parthenogenisis are handleable if they are acclimated early in life. Young bark lizards can coexist with like-sized species who enjoy a similar warm and humid climate. Adult bark lizards can not be tamed by handleing alone, and will damage their nostrum, or nose scale, if kept in a glass enclosure near a high traffic area or not provided with suitable daytime shelter. The most common issue with adults is shedding problems, particularly after they give birth, if humidity is not kept constant.
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