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Baja California Night Lizard vs. Sandstone Night Lizard

Their ranges do not meet: Scissors Crossing and Jacumba (Baja California Night) vs the Truckhaven Rocks sandstone (Sandstone Night). A: Grey-brown to rusty with small black spots in the Baja California Night Lizard; white to yellowish with bigger dark spots in the Sandstone Night Lizard. B: Under fallen yucca and agave in the Baja California Night Lizard; in sandstone cracks at the Truckhaven Rocks in the Sandstone Night Lizard. RANGE IS THE SUREST WAY TO TELL THEM APART: where you are decides which one it is; the rows below help confirm it.

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Baja California Night Lizard

Xantusia wigginsi

Sandstone Night Lizard

Xantusia gracilis
Baja California Night Lizard vs. Sandstone Night Lizard: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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