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title: "Desert Night Lizard"
description: "Xantusia vigilis — Rettili. The desert night lizard (Xantusia vigilis) is a night lizard native to the Southern California Eastern Sierra and the San Gabriel Mountains into Baja California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and extreme western areas of Arizona."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/desert-night-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Desert Night Lizard

> Xantusia vigilis — Rettili. The desert night lizard (Xantusia vigilis) is a night lizard native to the Southern California Eastern Sierra and the San Gabriel Mountains into Baja California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and extreme western areas of Arizona.

- Scientific name: *Xantusia vigilis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1448
- Wikidata: [Q2257095](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2257095)
- iNaturalist taxon: [39484](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/39484)

## Names

- en: Desert Night Lizard
- de: Yucca-Nachtechse
- es: Lagartija nocturna del desierto
- nl: Woestijnnachthagedis

## Countries with the most observations

US (1353)

## Summary

The desert night lizard (Xantusia vigilis) is a night lizard native to the Southern California Eastern Sierra and the San Gabriel Mountains into Baja California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and extreme western areas of Arizona.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_night_lizard

## Photo

![Desert Night Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/desert-night-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kimball Garrett · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155820151

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/desert-night-lizard?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).