Bezy's night lizard
Template:Short description Template:Speciesbox Bezy's night lizard (Xantusia bezyi) is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. The species is endemic to Arizona.[1]
Etymology
Bezy's night lizard is named after noted American herpetologist Robert Lee Bezy (born 1941).[2]
Geographic range
X. bezyi is found in central Arizona.[1]
Description
Small, smooth-skinned, and gray-brown to yellow-brown, X. bezyi measures Template:Convert 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.[1]
Habitat
Desert highlands and pine woodlands are the preferred habitats of X. bezyi,[1] where it is found under exfoliating rock in granite outcrops.[3]
Diet
The diet of X. bezyi consists of spiders and insects.[1]
Behavior
During daylight hours X. bezyi shelters in rock crevices.[1]
Reproduction
X. bezyi is viviparous.[4]
References
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).
External links
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- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Xantusia bezyi, p. 25).
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