The Desert Night Lizard

Here is the Desert Night Lizard. This lizard, known scientifically as the Xantusia vigilis, is the lizard that you and I have probably seen many times before. These lizards are very native to the San Diego area. Many times, I will lift up a piece of fallen wood, or something like that, and there it will be. This lizard really is the average lizard and is really common around this area. This type of lizard particularly actually does not lay eggs, but gives birth to a live offspring. These lizards produce anywhere from one to three offspring in the months of August to December. While these lizards usually are the ones that we all don't really like, we have to recognize that these lizards are living organisms too, and they are native to San Diego. In most cases, people try and kill these lizards, and that should change. Many people don't see that they are really making a change in the amount of lizards that are in the are. In most cases, they actually will benefit you. These lizards actually eat termites, spiders and other small insects. These lizards are truly harmless to the humans that it is around, but many of us think that they might kill us all. That is completely false. It is known that these lizards do not mind humans, and they are more scared of you.
We all need to think more about what we do with lizards. We should leave them alone, and they will leave us alone. In most cases though, we don't purposely go out and look for these lizards, but we sometimes stumble across them. It is important to remember that they are harmless, and we should do nothing to hurt them. They might be lizards that we think are gross, but they are still native animals to San Diego.