Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98

  NAME -                 Yellow-spotted night lizard

  ORDER -                SAURIA
  FAMILY -               Xantusiidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Lepidophyma flavimaculatum

  SYNONYMS - Lepidophyma flavimaculatum flavimaculatum,, Dumeril, 1851 and Lepidophyma flavimaculatus, Dumeril, 1851

  REFERENCES - 2 and  1

  District                                                     Reference

  Cayo, Belize                                                         1
  Stann Creek, Belize                                                  1
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Government land                                                             1
  Slate Creek Preserve                                                        1
  Caracol Archaeological Reserve                                              1
  Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary                                          1
  Bladen Nature Reserve                                                       1
  
  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15'           1
  17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00'           1
  17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45'           1
  16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15'           1
  16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30'           1
  16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00'           1
  

  References

  1  Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize.
     Report to National Protected Areas Management Project.
  
  2  Lee, Julian C. 1996.  The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán
     Peninsula.  Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.