Bezy's Night Lizard
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Bezy's night lizard (''Xantusia bezyi'') is a species of
lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
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 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. www.reptile-database.org.


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

* Bezy's night lizard Reptiles of the United States Fauna of the Sonoran Desert Fauna of the Southwestern United States Reptiles of Mexico Reptiles described in 2001 Taxa named by Theodore Johnstone Papenfuss {{lizard-stub