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.

Etymology

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

Geographic distribution

Lepidophyma mayae is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and southern Mexico.

Habitat

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

Behavior

Lepidophyma mayae is nocturnal, to which its common names refer.

Reproduction

Lepidophyma mayae is ovoviviparous.

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.

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