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Desert night lizards sleep and forage beneath their fallen boughs.

Among the species bound to the mesa’s crags, crevices and piñon pines are bighorn sheep, bobcats, coyotes, deer, desert night lizards, barn owls and Townsend’s long-eared bats.

I plugged in things like Yosemite National Park's Half Dome and was told it was "elevation," while a photo of a gecko was identified as a "night lizard."

Most of the island night lizards’ habitat in the Channel Islands is in federal hands: the U.S.

The researchers faced some daunting challenges in their quest to understand the family ties that bind desert night lizards.