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Bezy's night lizard
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Xantusiidae
Genus: Xantusia
Species: X. bezyi
Binomial name
Xantusia bezyi
Papenfuss, Macey & Schulte, 2001
Bezy's night lizard range

Bezy's night lizard (Xantusia bezyi) is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. The species is endemic to Arizona.

Etymology

Bezy's night lizard is named after noted American herpetologist Robert Lee Bezy (born 1941).

Geographic range

X. bezyi is found in central Arizona.

Description

Small, smooth-skinned, and gray-brown to yellow-brown, X. bezyi measures 1.5 to 2.75 inches (38 to 70 mm) from its nose to its vent. It has a flattened head, and dark splotches on its back. The eyes lack eyelids and have vertical, linear pupils.

Habitat

Desert highlands and pine woodlands are the preferred habitats of X. bezyi, where it is found under exfoliating rock in granite outcrops.

Diet

The diet of X. bezyi consists of spiders and insects.

Behavior

During daylight hours X. bezyi shelters in rock crevices.

Reproduction

X. bezyi is viviparous.

References

  1. ^ Hammerson GA (2007). "Xantusia bezyi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. IUCN: e.T64362A12773918. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64362A12773918.en.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey (2017). "Bezy's Night Lizard (Xantusia bezyi) rBNLIx_CONUS_2001v1 Range Map". Gap Analysis Project. doi:10.5066/F7ZG6R7N.
  3. ^ "Reptiles of Arizona". AZ PARC. 2006.
  4. 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. (Xantusia bezyi, p. 25).
  5. Species Xantusia bezyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Goldberg, Stephen R.; Bezy, Robert L. (2014). "Xantusia bezyi (Bezy's night lizard) reproduction". Herpetological Review 45 (3): 509.
  • Papenfuss, Theodore J., Macey, J. Robert; Schulte, James A. II (2001). "A New Lizard Species in the Genus Xantusia from Arizona". Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas (23): 1–9. (Xantusia bezyi, new species).

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Taxon identifiers
Xantusia bezyi


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