Yellow-spotted tropical night lizard

It reproduces parthenogenetically,[1] and gives birth to fully developed young lizards.[1]

It is a secretive, terrestrial and nocturnal lizard of tropical wet and moist forests. Mostly found on the ground, it is occasionally found on tree trunks or beneath bark on standing trees. It feeds on small invertebrates.[1]

The yellow-spotted night lizard is the inspiration for the lizards of the same name in the children's novel Holes (novel) by Louis Sachar. However, in the making of the movie adaptation of the novel, they used bearded dragons and painted yellow spots on them, rather than using actual yellow-spotted night lizards. In both versions, the lizards are portrayed as animals that are aggressive toward humans and produce deadly venom. Within the plot of the story, a bite from one is described as "the worst thing that can happen to you". This depiction, however, is not accurate to the animal in real life, which is neither venomous or aggressive.