Sandstone night lizard
| Sandstone night lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Xantusiidae |
| Genus: | Xantusia |
| Species: | X. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Xantusia gracilis Grismer & Galvan, 1986
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The sandstone night lizard (Xantusia gracilis) is a species of night lizard. Prior to 2005, it was considered a subspecies of the granite night lizard, Xantusia henshawi. The physical difference is that the sandstone night lizard has lighter coloration.
Range[]
The sandstone night lizard is extremely limited geographically; it is known only to the Truckhaven Rocks in the Colorado Desert, at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in eastern San Diego County, California.
Description[]
The lizard is very secretive using small burrows and sandstone or siltstone for cover.
References[]
This article is based on a description from the website of California Wildlife Habitat Relationships System https://web.archive.org/web/20060805132729/http://www.dfg.ca.gov/whdab/html/reptiles.html
- ^ G. A. Hammerson (2007). "Xantusia gracilis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2007: e.T64365A12774167. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64365A12774167.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Xantusia
- Endemic fauna of California
- Fauna of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of San Diego County, California
- Reptiles described in 1986
- Taxa named by Larry Lee Grismer
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