Xantusia gilberti
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| taxon = Xantusia gilberti
| authority = Van Denburgh, 1895
| synonyms = *Xantusia gilberti
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- Amoebopsis gilberti
{{small|— Cope, 1895}} - Xantusia vigilis gilberti
{{small|— Savage, 1952}} - Xantusia gilberti
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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.{{NRDB species|genus=Xantusia |species=gilberti|accessdate=20 October 2020}}
Etymology
The specific name, gilberti, is in honor of American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert.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).
Description
The holotype of X. gilberti has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about {{cvt|4|cm|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.Van Denburgh (1895).
Reproduction
X. gilberti is viviparous.
References
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Further reading
- 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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Category:Endemic reptiles of Mexico
Category:Endemic fauna of the Baja California Peninsula
Category:Reptiles described in 1895
Category:Taxa named by John Van Denburgh
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