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Reptilia    Squamata (part)    Xantusiidae  

Sierra Night Lizard
Xantusia sierrae Bezy, 1967
zan-two-ZEE-uh — see-EH-ree

SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
 See the note in the 8th edition of this list concerning the questionable status of this species

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.04.10.13.42.07)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: California

First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1967 Bezy, Robert L. Variation, distribution, and taxonomic status of the Arizona night lizard (Xantusia arizonae). Copeia 1967(3):653-661
1986 Crother, Brian I., Michael M. Miyamoto, and William F. Presch. Phylogeny and biogeography of the lizard family Xantusiidae. Systematic Zoology 35(1):37-45
2013 Noonan, Brice P., Jennifer B. Pramuk, Robert L. Bezy, Elizabeth A. Sinclair, Kevin de Queiroz, and Jack W. Sites, Jr. Phylogenetic relationships within the lizard clade Xantusiidae: Using trees and divergence times to address evolutionary questions at multiple levels Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69(2013):109-122

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