Xantusia vigilis Baird, 1859

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
SPECIES

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Chordata: class
Reptilia: order
Squamata: family
Xantusiidae: genus
Xantusia: species
Xantusia vigilis

Name

Synonyms: Xantusia vigilis utahensis Tanner, 1957
Homonyms: Xantusia vigilis Baird, 1859
Common names: Desert Night Lizard in English; Desert Night Lizard in English; Lagartija-escofina de desierto in Spanish

Bibliographic References

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Baker, Rollin H.; Baker, Mary W.; Johnson, Jerry D.; Webb, Robert G. (1981) New records of mammals and reptiles from Northwestern Zacatecas, Mexico.: Southwestern Naturalist 25(4):568-569
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Bartholomew, Breck (1992) Utah night lizard, Xantusia vigilis utahensis, Tanner.: Intermontanus 1 (2): 3
Bezy, R L (1982) Xantusia vigilis Baird. Desert night lizard.: Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 302: 1-4
Bezy, R. L., 1982: Xantusia vigilis. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 302.1-302.4.
Bezy, Robert L. (1967) A new night lizard (Xantusia vigilis sierrae) from the southern Sireea Nevada in California.: Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 4 (3): 163-167
Bezy, Robert L. and Oscar Flores Villela. (1999) A new species of Xantusia (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from Zacatecas, Mexico.: Herpetologica 55 (2): 174-184.
Bezy,R.L. & SItes, J.W. (1987) A preliminary study of allozyme evolution in the lizard family Xantusiidae.: Herpetologica 43: 281-289
Bezy,R.L. (1967) Variation, distribution, and taxonomic status of the Arizona night lizard (Xantusia arizonae).: Copeia 1967 (3): 653-661
Boulenger, G.A. (1885) Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition.: London, xiii+497 pp.
Burt, Charles E. (1933) Some lizards from the Great Basin of the West and adjacent areas, with comments on the status of various forms.: American Midland Naturalist 14: 228-250
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
Deacon, James E.; W. Glen Bradley and Kenneth S. Moor (1966) Habitat of the Lizard Xantusia Vigilis in Southern Nevada.: Southwestern Naturalist 11 (1): 126-128
Dunn, E. R.;Dunn, M. T. (1940) Generic names proposed in herpetology by E. D. Cope.: Copeia 1940 (2): 69-76
Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
Frank, Norman & Ramus, Erica (1995) A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World.: Pottsville: N G Publishing Inc., 377 pp.
Jones, K.B.; Abbas, D.R. & Bergstedt, T. (1981) Herpetological records from Central and Northeastern Arizona.: Herpetological Review 12 (1): 16
Jones, L.L. & Lovich, R.E. (2009) Lizards of the American Southwest. A photographic field guide.: Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson, AZ, 568 pp. [review in Reptilia 86: 84]