Bezy's Night Lizard

The Bezy's Night Lizard is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Bezy's night lizard, Xantusia bezyi, is a small, smooth-skinned gray-brown to yellow-brown night lizard found in desert highlands and pine woodlands of central Arizona. This night lizard measures 1.5 to 2.75 inches (38 to 70 mm) from its nose to its vent. More

DIET: Bezy's Night Lizard feeds on ants, flies, beetles, a variety of other insects, and spiders. REPRODUCTION: Live bearing. Mating probably takes place in spring. A brood of about 3 young is probably born in summer. By Thomas C. More

Common names

Bezy's Night Lizard in English - English

Order : Squamata
Family : Xantusiidae
Genus : Xantusia
Species : Xantusia bezyi
Authority : PAPENFUSS, MACEY & SCHULTE 2001