Xantusia
| Xantusia | |
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| Xantusia vigilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Xantusiidae |
| Subfamily: | |
| Genus: | Xantusia Baird, 1859[1] |
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.
Taxonomy and etymology[]
The names and descriptions of the genus Xantusia and the type species X. vigilis were published in 1859 by Spencer Fullerton Baird, the generic name commemorating the naturalist John Xantus.[1][2]
Species[]
The following is a list of species in the genus.[1]
- Xantusia arizonae Klauber, 1931 – Arizona night lizard
- Xantusia bezyi , & , 2001 – Bezy's night lizard
- Xantusia bolsonae Webb, 1970 – bolsón night lizard
- Xantusia extorris Webb, 1965 – Durango night lizard
- Xantusia gilberti Van Denburgh, 1895 – Gilbert's night lizard
- Xantusia gracilis Grismer & , 1986 – sandstone night lizard
- Xantusia henshawi Stejneger, 1893 – granite night lizard
- Xantusia jaycolei , & , 2008
- Xantusia riversiana Cope, 1883 – island night lizard
- Xantusia sanchezi R. Bezy & , 1999 – Sanchez's night lizard
- Xantusia sherbrookei R. Bezy, K. Bezy & Bolles, 2008
- Xantusia sierrae R. Bezy, 1967 – sierra night lizard
- Xantusia vigilis Baird, 1859 – desert night lizard
- Xantusia wigginsi Savage, 1952 – Wiggins's desert night lizard
References[]
- ^ a b c Xantusia vigilis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Genus Xantusia, p. 291).
Further reading[]
- Baird SF (1859). "Description of New Genera and Species of North American Lizards in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 10: 253–246. (Xantusia, new genus, p. 255).
- Boulenger GA (1885). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II ... Xantusiidæ ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I-XXIV. (Genus Xantusia, p. 327).
- Stebbins RC (2003). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. xiii + 533 pp. ISBN 978-0-395-98272-3. (Genus Xantusia, pp. 305–306).
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