Editing Night lizard (section)

{{Short description|Family of lizards}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Xantusia vigilis1.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Xantusia vigilis]]''
| taxon = Xantusiidae
| authority = [[Spencer Fullerton Baird|Baird]], 1858
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = 
*''[[Cricosaura]]''
*''[[Lepidophyma]]''
*''[[Xantusia]]''
}}

'''Night lizards''' ([[family (biology)|family]] '''Xantusiidae''') are a group of small [[scincomorph]] [[lizard]]s, averaging from less than {{cvt|4|cm}} to over {{cvt|12|cm}} [[snout–vent length]]. Most species are [[viviparity|viviparous]] (live-bearing), with the exception of those in the genus ''[[Cricosaura]]''. The family has only three living [[genus|genera]], with approximately 34<ref name="RDB">{{Cite web |title=Search results {{!}} The Reptile Database |url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/advanced_search?taxon=Xantusiidae&submit=Search |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=reptile-database.reptarium.cz}}</ref> living [[species]]. The genera are divided by geographic range: ''[[Xantusia]]'' in southwestern [[North America]] and [[Baja California]], ''[[Cricosaura]]'' in [[Cuba]], and ''[[Lepidophyma]]'', the most populous night lizard genus, in [[Central America]]. Three fossil genera are also known: ''[[Catactegenys]]'', ''[[Palepidophyma]]'', ''[[Palaeoxantusia]]''.