Scientific name Xantusia Higher classification Night lizard Order Scaled reptiles | Subfamily Xantusiinae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus Family Xantusiidae | |
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Lower classifications Desert night lizard, Granite night lizard, Island night lizard, Sandstone night lizard, Bezy's night lizard | ||
Granite night lizard xantusia henshawi
Xantusia is one of three genera of night lizards (family Xantusiidae). Species of Xantusia are small to medium-sized, viviparous (live-bearing) lizards found in the U.S. Southwest and in northern Mexico.
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The name and description of the type species and genus were published in 1859, by Spencer Fullerton Baird, the name commemorating the naturalist John Xantus.
Desert night lizard xantusia vigilis
Species
The following is a list of species in the genus,
References
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