The desert nightclub ( Xantusia vigilis ) is a night lizard dating from southeastern eastern California from the Sierras Mountains and San Gabriel to Baja California, southern Nevada, southwest of Utah and the extreme west Arizona.
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Description
The desert night lizard reaches a long snout-to-hole (SVL) of 1.5 to 2.75 in (3.8-7.0 cm) with a tail about the same length. Color lizards are usually gray, brownish yellow, or olive. Despite their name, the evening lizard is active during the day. They are known to easily change their color, from mild olive (usually at night) to dark chocolate during the day. He is a good climber and usually eats termites, small insects, spiders and other arthropods.
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Habitat
This is a secret lizard from dry and semi-arid regions. During the day can be found under the debris of the desert plants and in the crevices of the stone. Usually associated with yucca varieties such as Joshua Tree, Spanish Dagger, and Bayonet Spain.
Behavior
Like all night lizards, the desert night lizard is a vivipar, giving birth to a young life and producing 1 to 3 young from August to December. Unusual for a lizard, it forms family social groups with mother-and-father couples, who may delay the spread over the years. Young people can afford to feed themselves but will cluster together with their families. They do not receive immediate care from their parents and siblings and it is not known what the benefits of staying with their parents. Baby lizards are well disguised and no bigger than a toothpick.
Subspecies
The yucca night lizard, Xantusia vigilis vigilis, is a subspecies.
References
Further reading
- Baird SF. 1859. Description of New Genera and Species of North American Lizard at the Smithsonian Institution Museum. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 10 : 253-256. ( Xantusia vigilis , new species, p.Ã, 255).
- Behler JL, King FW. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide for North American Reptiles and Amphibians . New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 743 p. ISBNÃ, 0-394-50824-6. ( Xantusia vigilis , pp.Ã, 551-552 Plate 406).
- Boulenger GA. 1885. Catalog of Lizard at the British Museum (Natural History). Second edition. Volume II.... XantusiidÃÆ'Â| . London: Superintendent of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii 497 pp. Plate I-XXIV. ( Xantusia vigilis , pp.Ã, 327-328).
- Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR. 1978. Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition . San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi 378 pp. ISBNÃ, 0-7167-0020-4. ( Xantusia vigilis , pp. 129, 132, 148, 286).
- Smith HM, Brodie ED Jr. 1982. North American Reptile: Guidance for Field Identification . New York: Golden Press. 240 p. ISBNÃ, 0-307-13666-3. ( Xantusia vigilis , pp. 84-85).
- Stebbins RC. Field Guide for Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition . The Peterson Field Guide Series Ã,®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. xiii 533 p. ISBNÃ, 978-0-395-98272-3. ( Xantusia vigilis , pp.Ã, 307-309 Plate 35 Map 76).
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