Cuban night lizard

Cuban night lizard
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Xantusiidae
Subfamily: Cricosaurinae
Genus: Cricosaura
Gundlach & Peters, 1863
Species:
C. typica
Binomial name
Cricosaura typica
Gundlach & Peters, 1863

The Cuban night lizard (Cricosaura typica) is a night lizard (family Xantusiidae, subfamily Cricosaurinae) endemic to southern Cuba. It is the only member of the genus Cricosaura, one of three in the night lizard family.

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