Lepidophyma mayae
| Lepidophyma mayae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Scinciformata |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Xantusiidae |
| Genus: | Lepidophyma |
| Species: | L. mayae
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepidophyma mayae Bezy, 1973
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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
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
Further reading
- 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 978-0801485879. 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.