| Bezy's night lizard | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Xantusiidae |
| Genus: | Xantusia |
| Species: | X. bezyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Xantusia bezyi Papenfuss, Macey and Schulte, 2001 |
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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.[2] It has a flattened head and dark splotches on its back. The eyes lack eyelids and have vertical, linear pupils. This lizard's diet consists of spiders and insects. It is mostly diurnal.[2] Bezy's night lizard is named after noted herpetologist Robert L. Bezy.