---
title: "Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard"
description: "Lepidophyma flavimaculatum — Reptielen. The yellow-spotted tropical night lizard or yellow-spotted night lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum) is a species of night lizard (family Xantusiidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yellow-spotted-night-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard

> Lepidophyma flavimaculatum — Reptielen. The yellow-spotted tropical night lizard or yellow-spotted night lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum) is a species of night lizard (family Xantusiidae).

- Scientific name: *Lepidophyma flavimaculatum*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 1141
- Wikidata: [Q1495992](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1495992)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39497](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39497)

## Names

- en: Yellow-spotted Night Lizard
- de: Krokodilnachtechse
- es: Lagartija nocturna de puntos amarillos
- nl: Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard

## Countries with the most observations

CR (755), HN (108), MX (81), BZ (38), NI (13), PA (12), GT (5)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-spotted_tropical_night_lizard

## Photo

![Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-spotted-night-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152531857

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-spotted-night-lizard?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).