Reproduction in the Yellow-spotted night lizard, Lepidophyma flavimaculatum (Squamata, Xantusiidae), from Costa Rica

Predation of Lepidophyma flavimaculatum (Squamata: Xantusiidae) by Basiliscus plumifrons (Squamata: Corytophanidae)

“…It is primarily a terrestrial inhabitant of the forest but is sometimes found on tree trunks or under tree bark, under rocks and logs or loose bark of fallen trees, in caves or crevices between rocks, and even in abandoned leaf-cutter ant nests and archeological ruins (Savage 2002, Arenas-Moreno et al 2018, Leenders 2019. It is viviparous, and in Costa Rica, it apparently consists of a mixture of parthenogenetic and sexually reproducing populations (Savage 2002, Goldberg 2009.…”