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Yellow-spotted Night Lizard
Lepidophyma flavimaculatum Duméril, 1851
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard near La Selva Biological Station (OTS), Costa Rica.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The yellow-spotted tropical night lizard or yellow-spotted night lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum) is a species of night lizard (family Xantusiidae). The species is distributed from central Mexico, through Central America, south to Panama. It includes two subspecies.
Wikipedia contributors, Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:00:00.984176+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lepidophyma flavimaculatum Duméril, 1851
- Name authority
- Duméril, 1851
- Common name
- Yellow-spotted Night Lizard
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Xantusiidae
- Genus
- Lepidophyma
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyXantusiidae
- subfamilyLepidophyminae
- genusLepidophyma
- speciesLepidophyma flavimaculatum Duméril, 1851
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lepidophyma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Sunidero Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma cuicatecum Canseco-Marquez, Gutiierez-Mayen & Mendoza-Hernandez, 2008 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gaige's Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma gaigeae Mosauer, 1936 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lowe’s Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma lowei Bezy & Camarillo, 1997 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mayan Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma mayae Bezy, 1973 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cave Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma micropholis Walker, 1955 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yautepec Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma radula (Smith, 1942) | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Costa Rican Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma reticulatum Taylor, 1955 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Madrean Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma sylvaticum Taylor, 1939 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tuxtla Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma tuxtlae Werler & Shannon, 1957 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lipetz's Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma lipetzi Smith & Del Toro, 1977 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tarascan Tropical Night LizardLepidophyma tarascae Bezy, Webb & Álvarez, 1982 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lepidophyma inagoi Palacios-Aguilar, Santos-Bibiano & Flores-Villela, 2018 | XantusiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Lepidophyma anomalum Taylor, 1955 Taylor, 1955 | synonym |
| Lepidophyma ophiophthalmum Taylor, 1955 Taylor, 1955 | synonym |
| Lepidophynia maculatum Taylor, 1955 Taylor, 1955 | synonym |
| Lepidophyma flavicmaculatum obscurum Barbour, 1924 Barbour, 1924 | synonym |
| Lepidophyma flavomaculatum Duméril & Bocourt, 1878 Duméril & Bocourt, 1878 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Lepidophyma&species=flavimaculatum Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3TCJ9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.