Cuban night lizard | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Xantusiidae |
Subfamily: | Cricosaurinae |
Genus: | Cricosaura Gundlach & Peters, 1863 |
Species: | C. typica
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Binomial name | |
Cricosaura typica Gundlach & Peters, 1863
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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.[1]