night lizard

noun

1. any of several nocturnal lizards of the family Xantusiidae, of southwestern North America and Cuba, which bear live young.

Example Sentences

Desert night lizards sleep and forage beneath their fallen boughs.

From Los Angeles Times

Among the species bound to the mesa’s crags, crevices and piñon pines are bighorn sheep, bobcats, coyotes, deer, desert night lizards, barn owls and Townsend’s long-eared bats.

From Los Angeles Times

I plugged in things like Yosemite National Park's Half Dome and was told it was "elevation," while a photo of a gecko was identified as a "night lizard."

From The Verge

Most of the island night lizards’ habitat in the Channel Islands is in federal hands: the U.S.

From Scientific American

The researchers faced some daunting challenges in their quest to understand the family ties that bind desert night lizards.

From US News