Lepidophyma mayae

Lepidophyma mayae
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Xantusiidae
Genus:	Lepidophyma
Species:	L. mayae
Binomial name
	Lepidophyma mayae; Bezy, 1973

Lepidophyma mayae, also known commonly as the Mayan tropical night lizard and el escorpión nocturno maya in New World Spanish, is a small species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. The species is native to Middle America.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, mayae, is in honor of the Maya, an indigenous people of the Yucatán Peninsula.^[3]^: 172

Geographic distribution

Lepidophyma mayae is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and southern Mexico.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Lepidophyma mayae is forest, at altitudes of 100–800 m (330–2,620 ft).^[1]

Behavior

Lepidophyma mayae is nocturnal,^[1] to which its common names refer.

Reproduction

Lepidophyma mayae is ovoviviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Acevedo, M.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Johnson, J. (2013). "Lepidophyma mayae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013 e.T203184A2761819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203184A2761819.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 3 Lepidophyma mayae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

Bezy, R.L. (1973). "A New Species of the Genus Lepidophyma (Reptilia: Xantusiidae) from Guatemala". Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County (239): 1–7. (Lepidophyma mayae, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
Campbell, J.A. (1998). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Northern Guatemala, the Yucatán, and Belize. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3064-4. 367 pp.
Lee, J.C. (2000). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World. Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Associates, a Division of Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8587-9. 416 pp.
McCranie, J.R. (2018). "The Lizards, Crocodiles, and Turtles of Honduras. Systematics, Distribution, and Conservation". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication Series (2): 1–666.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 Acevedo, M.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Johnson, J. (2013). "Lepidophyma mayae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013 e.T203184A2761819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203184A2761819.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Lepidophyma mayae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.

[3] Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

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