Xantusia bolsonae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xantusiomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Infraordo: Scincomorpha Cladus: Xantusiomorpha

Xantusia bolsonae Webb, 1970

Holotype: LACM 55956, ♀, collected by Robert G. Webb and Robert M. Kinniburgh on 24-25 August 1969.
Type locality: “6-6.5 road miles NE Pedricena on Mexican Highway 40, at an elevation of 4400 feet, Durango, Mexico”.

Xantusia henshawi bolsonae Webb, 1970: 1 [original combination, as subspecies]
Xantusia bolsonae — Bezy & Sites, 1987: 288 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

Webb, R.G. 1970. Another new night lizard (Xantusia) from Durango, Mexico. Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum 194: 1–10. BHL
Bezy, R.L. & Sites, J.W. 1987. A preliminary study of allozyme evolution in the lizard family Xantusiidae. Herpetologica 43(3): 281–289. JSTOR

Flores-Villela, O., Sánchez-Herrera, O. & Bezy, R.L. 1990. Xantusia bolsonae (Bolsón night lizard) Geographic Distribution. Herpetological Review 21(4): 97.
Valdez-Lares, R., Muñiz-Martínez, R., Gadsden, H., Aguirre-León, G., Castañeda-Gaytán, G. & Gonzalez-Trápaga, R. 2013. Checklist of amphibians and reptiles of the state of Durango, México. Check List 9(4): 714–724.
Lemos-Espinal, J.A., Smith, G.R., Gadsden-Esparza, H., Valdez-Lares, R. & Woolrich-Piña, G.A. 2018. Amphibians and reptiles of the state of Durango, Mexico, with comparisons with adjoining states. ZooKeys 748: 65–87. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.748.22768. Reference page.

Gadsden. H. & Santos-Barrera, G. 2007. IUCN: Xantusia bolsonae (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T64363A12774002. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64363A12774002.en. Accessed on 10 June 2026.