Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard

Crocodile night lizard ( Lepidophyma flavimaculatum )

The Crocodile night lizard ( Lepidophyma flavimaculatum ) is in Southeast Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Fiji living representatives of night lizards. L. flavimaculatum is viviparous ( viviparous ). Almost all of them are females, which can reproduce without mating with a male ( parthenogenesis ). Crocodile Night lizards grow up to 15 cm long (without tail), as serve food insects. The temperatures of the countries are on the day at 22 -xx degrees Celsius at night they drop to 18-22 ° C. The Crocodile night lizard is mainly active at dusk and night. To keep them artificially in a terrarium, a tropical terrarium with many hiding and alternatives, as well as a swimming area is needed.