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Bezy's Night Lizard (Xantusia bezyi)Species of Least Concern





Description: Small, smooth skinned, and gray-brown to yellow-brown, X. bezyi measures 1.5 to 2.75 inches 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.


Range: This species is endemic to the southwestern United States. When first described, the known range was confined to a small area near Sunflower, Maricopa County, central Arizona. Subsequent phylogeographic study expanded the range, but it is still confined to central Arizona.


Found in these States: AZ


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


Reproduction: X. bezyi is ovovivparous .


Status: Listed as Least Concern because it is more widely distributed than previously known and is unlikely to be declining fast enough to warrant listing in one of the threatened categories.


Taxonomy:

»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
   »» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
     »» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
       »» Class: Reptilia - Reptiles
         »» Order: Squamata - Lizards
           »» Family: Xantusiidae - Night Lizards
             »» Genus: Xantusia
               »» Species: Xantusia bezyi - Bezy's Night Lizard

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