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Bolson night lizard

Xantusia bolsonae Webb, 1970

Status not recordedlizards

The bolson night lizard (Xantusia bolsonae) is a species in the family Xantusiidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 2.93 g and reach 5.33 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mexico.

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Quick facts about the bolson night lizard

Weight
2.93 gsrc for Weight
Length
5.33 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1 – 2src for Young per litter or clutch
Reproduction
Live birthsrc for Reproduction
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the bolson night lizard?

BOLSON NIGHT LIZARD · LENGTH 5.33 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.33 cm, the recorded maximum length of the bolson night lizard is about 3.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the bolson night lizard live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The bolson night lizard is listed for 1 country.

Mexico
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Mexico

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Is the bolson night lizard endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the bolson night lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyXantusiidae
  6. genusXantusia
  7. SpeciesXantusia bolsonae Webb, 1970

Synonyms Xantusia henshawi bolsonae

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Bolsón night lizardEnglish
  • Bolson-natøgleDanish
  • Nocturna del BolsónSpanish
  • Lagartija nocturna de MapimíSpanish
  • Lagartija nocturna del bolsónSpanish
  • Lagartija-escofina de MapimíSpanish

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISWikidata

Relatives of the bolson night lizard

Other species in the same genus Xantusia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bolson night lizard?

An adult bolson night lizard weighs 2.93 g and measures 5.33 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the bolson night lizard live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the bolson night lizard for 1 country: Mexico. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the bolson night lizard?

The bolson night lizard (Xantusia bolsonae) belongs to the family Xantusiidae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bolson night lizard (Xantusia bolsonae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bolson-night-lizard

MLA

“Bolson night lizard (Xantusia bolsonae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bolson-night-lizard.

BibTeX
@misc{bolson_night_lizard_2026,
  title = {Bolson night lizard (Xantusia bolsonae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bolson-night-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}