Xantusiidae

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Noun1.Xantusiidae - night lizards
family Xantusiidae
reptile family - a family of reptiles
Lacertilia, Sauria, suborder Lacertilia, suborder Sauria - true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
night lizard - small secretive nocturnal lizard of southwestern North America and Cuba; bear live young
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Some reptiles are obligatory parthenogens (reproducing gynogenetically), including the Brahminy blind snake (Ramphotyphlops brahminus) and a variety of lizards in the families Teiidae, Lacertidae, Xantusiidae, Gekkonidae, Agamidae, and Chameleonidae (Vrijenhoek et al., 1989; Wright, 1993).
Molecular evidence for parthenogenesis in the Sierra garter snake, Thamnophis couchii (colubridae)
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