Bezy's night lizard (Xantusia bezyi) is a species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. The species is endemic to Arizona.
Etymology Bezy's night lizard is named after noted American herpetologist Robert Lee Bezy (born 1941).Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Xantusia bezyi, p. 25).
Geographic range X. bezyi is found in central Arizona.
Description Small, smooth-skinned, and gray-brown to yellow-brown, X. bezyi measures from its nose to its vent. It has a flattened head, and dark splotches on its back. The eyes lack eyelids and have vertical, linear pupils.
Habitat Desert highlands and pine woodlands are the preferred habitats of X. bezyi, where it is found under exfoliating rock in granite outcrops.
Diet The diet of X. bezyi consists of spiders and insects.
Behavior During daylight hours X. bezyi shelters in rock crevices.
Reproduction X. bezyi is viviparous. www.reptile-database.org.
References
Further reading Goldberg, Stephen R.; Bezy, Robert L. (2014). "Xantusia bezyi (Bezy's night lizard) reproduction". Herpetological Review 45 (3): 509. Papenfuss, Theodore J., Macey, J. Robert; Schulte, James A. II (2001). "A New Lizard Species in the Genus Xantusia from Arizona". Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas (23): 1–9. (Xantusia bezyi, new species).
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