Xantusia gilberti, also known commonly as the Baja California night lizard and la nocturna de Baja California in Mexican Spanish, is a species of small lizard in the family Xantusiidae. The species is native to the southern Baja California Peninsula of Mexico.[1]
| Xantusia gilberti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Xantusiidae |
| Genus: | Xantusia |
| Species: | X. gilberti
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| Binomial name | |
| Xantusia gilberti Van Denburgh, 1895
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Etymology
editThe specific name, gilberti, is in honor of American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert.[2]
Description
editThe holotype of X. gilberti has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 4 cm (1.6 in), and a tail length about equal to SVL. The eye is very small, with a vertical pupil. There are nine femoral pores on one leg and eight on the other.[3]
Reproduction
editX. gilberti is viviparous.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Xantusia gilberti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Xantusia vigilis gilberti, p. 100).
- ^ Van Denburgh (1895).
Further reading
edit- Savage JM (1952). "Studies on the Lizard Family Xantusiidae 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. (Xantusia vigilis gilberti, new taxonomic status).
- Sinclair EA, Bezy RL, Bolles K, Camarillo JL, Crandall KA, Sites JW (2004). "Testing Species Boundaries in an Ancient Species Complex with Deep Phylogeographic History: Genus Xantusia (Squamata: Xantusiidae)". American Naturalist 164 (3): 396–414. (Xantusia gilberti).
- Van Denburgh J (1895). "A Review of the Herpetology of Lower California. Part I — Reptiles". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Second Series 5: 77–163 + Plates IV–XIV. (Xantusia gilberti, new species, pp. 121–122 + Plate XI, figures A–F).
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