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  Name Island night lizard
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Reptilia
  Ordo Squamata
  Subordo Sauria
  Familia Xantusiidae
  Genus '' Xantusia ''
  Species '''''X riversiana'''''
  Binomial ''Xantusia riversiana''
  Binomial Authority Cope , 1883


The Island Night Lizard (''Xantusia riversiana'') is a , Santa Barbara Island and San Clemente Island . The San Clemente community is a recognized subspecies, the San Clemente Night Lizard, or ''Xantusia riversiana reticulata''. The Island Night Lizard has been listed as a threatened species in the United States since 1977, the IUCN lists the species as vulnerable.

This lizard's preferred habitat is coastal scrub made up of dense boxthorn and cacti thickets. Like other Night Lizard s, it bears live young rather than laying eggs. The island lizards are much larger than their cousins in the genus, the Desert Night Lizard s (''Xantusia vigilis'') of southern California.