Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma

Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma, also known as the yellow-spotted gecko is a species of gecko, a lizard in the family Sphaerodactylidae. The species is found in Central America and north-western South America.

Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Sphaerodactylidae
Genus: Lepidoblepharis
Species:
L. xanthostigma
Binomial name
Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma
(Noble, 1916)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lathrogecko xanthostigma
    Noble, 1916
  • Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma
    — Vanzolini, 1953

Geographic range

L. xanthostigma is found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia.[2]

Reproduction

L. xanthostigma is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Vargas Álvarez J, García Rodríguez A, Batista A, Acosta Chaves V, Rivas G, Caicedo J, Gutiérrez-Cárdenas P, Arredondo JC, Mayer GC, Castro F (2015). "Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T178224A1527736. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T178224A1527736.en. Downloaded on 19 February 2019.
  2. Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 4 October 2014.

Further reading
  • Noble GK (1916). "Description of a New Eublepharid Lizard from Costa Rica". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 29: 87–88. (Lathrogecko xanthostigma, new species).


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