Sierra Night Lizard
Xantusia sierrae
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- X. sierrae – Kern Co, CA – photo by Gary Nafis
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Xantusia sierrae occurs only in California in the western foothills of the Greenhorn Mountains in Kern County.
LEGAL STATUS: Xantusia sierrae is subject to
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Xantusia sierrae (Bezy – 1967)
Genus: Xantusia , honors John Xantus
Species: sierrae, of the Sierra Mountains
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962