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Sandstone Night Lizard vs. Western Banded Gecko

Both are soft, pale, night-active lizards of Anza-Borrego. A: No movable eyelids: it never blinks in the Sandstone Night Lizard; movable eyelids: it blinks in the Western Banded Gecko. B: Dark spots, not bands in the Sandstone Night Lizard; dark crossbands (broken into spots on old adults) in the Western Banded Gecko.

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Sandstone Night Lizard

Xantusia gracilis

Western Banded Gecko

Coleonyx variegatus
Sandstone Night Lizard vs. Western Banded Gecko: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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