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Sandstone night lizard

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Sandstone night lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Family:
Xantusiidae
Genus:
Xantusia
Species:
X. gracilis
Binomial name
Xantusia gracilis
Grismer & Galvan, 1986

The sandstone night lizard, Xantusia gracilis, is a species of night lizard. Prior to 2005, it was considered a subspecies of the granite night lizard, Xantusia henshawi. The physical difference is that the sandstone night lizard has lighter coloration.

Range

The sandstone night lizard is extremely limited geographically; it is known only to the Truckhaven Rocks in the Colorado Desert, at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in eastern San Diego County, California.

Description

The lizard is very secretive using small burrows and sandstone or siltstone for cover.

References

This article is based on a description from the website of California Wildlife Habitat Relationships System http://www.dfg.ca.gov/whdab/html/reptiles.html

  1. ^ Template:IUCN2010


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