Xantusia
| Xantusia | |
|---|---|
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| Xantusia vigilis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Family: | Xantusiidae |
| 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.
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.[1][2]
Species
The following is a list of species in the genus,[1]
- Xantusia arizonae Klauber, 1931 - Arizona night lizard
- Xantusia bezyi Papenfuss, Macey & J.A. Schulte, 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 & Galvan, 1986 - Sandstone night lizard
- Xantusia henshawi Stejneger, 1893 - granite night lizard
- Xantusia jaycolei R. Bezy, K. Bezy & Bolles, 2008
- Xantusia riversiana Cope, 1883 - island night lizard
- Xantusia sanchezi R. Bezy & Flores-Villela, 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
References
- 1 2 3 Xantusia vigilis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 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).
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