Xantusia sherbrookei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Xantusiidae
Subfamilia: Xantusiinae
Genus: Xantusia
Species: Xantusia sherbrookei

Name

Xantusia sherbrookei Bezy, Bezy & Bolles, 2008: 684

• Holotype: UAZ 17397 (Field No. RLB 2393), adult ♀, collected by R.L. Bezy and W.C. Sherbrooke on 23 July 1965.
• Type locality: “9.6 km (by road) north of La Poza Grande, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Estimated coordinates: 25.851702°N, 112.052972°W, approximately 50 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Bezy, R.L., Bezy, K.B. & Bolles, K. 2008. Two New Species of Night Lizards (Xantusia) from Mexico. Journal of Herpetology 42(4): 680–688. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Xantusia sherbrookei. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Sherbrooke’s Night Lizard