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    Species Accepted

    Xantusia vigilis Baird, 1859

    Desert Night Lizard

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      16 results
      Desert Night Lizard English
      Desert Night Lizard [vigilis] English
      Lagartija nocturna del desierto Spanish
      Lagartija-escofina de desierto Spanish
      Nocturna de las Yucas Spanish
      Sierra Night Lizard [sierrae] English
      Utah Night Lizard English
      Utah Night Lizard [utahensis] English
      Yucca Night Lizard English
      Yucca-Nachtechse German

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      72 results
      Stejneger, L. H. (1893). Annotated list of the reptiles and batrachians collected by the Death Valley Expedition in 1891, with descriptions of new species. North American Fauna, No. 7: 159-228 (+ 14 Plates + 4 Maps).
      Crother, B. I. (ed.). (2012). Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition. Herpetological Circular 39: 1-92.
      Smith, H. M., & Holland, R. L. (1971). Noteworthy snakes and lizards from Baja California. Journal of Herpetology 5 (1-2): 56-59.
      Hansen, Robert and Jackson D. Shedd. (2025). California Amphibians and Reptiles. Princeton University Press, 528 Pp., ISBN9780691249087 (Ebook).
      Baird, S. F. (1859). Description of new genera and species of North American lizards in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 10: 253-256 [1858].
      Savage, Jay M. (1952). Studies on the lizard family Xantusidae I. The systematic status of the Baja California Night Lizards allied to Xantusia vigilis, with the description of a new subspecies. American Midland Naturalist 48 (2): 467-479.
      Hanley, G. H. (1942). Extension of the Range of Xantusia vigilis. Copeia 1942 (3): 179.
      Heimlich, E.M. & M.G. Heimlich. (1947). A Case of Cannibalism in Captive Xantusia vigilis. Herpetologica 3 (5): 149-150.
      Van Denburgh, J. (1895). A review of the herpetology of Lower California. Part I - Reptiles. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (2) 5: 77-163.
      Caswell, H.H., Jr. (1950). Rhytmic Color Change in the Lizard Xantusia vigilis. Copeia 1950 (2): 87-91.

      Citation

      Xantusia vigilis Baird, 1859 in undefined