Bezy's night lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Xantusiidae |
| Genus: | Xantusia |
| Species: | X. bezyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Xantusia bezyi | |
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| Bezy's night lizard range[2] | |
Bezy's night lizard (Xantusia bezyi) is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. The species is endemic to Arizona.[3]
Etymology
[edit]Bezy's night lizard is named after noted American herpetologist Robert Lee Bezy (born 1941).[4]
Geographic range
[edit]X. bezyi is found in central Arizona.[3]
Description
[edit]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.[3]
Habitat
[edit]Desert highlands and pine woodlands are the preferred habitats of X. bezyi,[3] where it is found under exfoliating rock in granite outcrops.[1]
Diet
[edit]The diet of X. bezyi consists of spiders and insects.[3]
Behavior
[edit]During daylight hours X. bezyi shelters in rock crevices.[3]
Reproduction
[edit]X. bezyi is viviparous.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey (2017). "Bezy's Night Lizard (Xantusia bezyi) rBNLIx_CONUS_2001v1 Range Map". Gap Analysis Project. doi:10.5066/F7ZG6R7N.
- ^ a b c d e f "Reptiles of Arizona". AZ PARC. 2006.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Species Xantusia bezyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
[edit]- 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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