[4] The dorsal side is covered with many small dark spots tending to form rows.

[3] The night lizard species occurs primarily in rock-crevice habitat, but also has been found in Neotoma nests and in decaying Yucca baccata.

The habitat extends from the Arizona Upland Sonoran Desert scrub to the Interior Chaparral.

The diet consists primarily of ants, termites, flies, beetles, spiders, among other insects.

[3] In January 2014, the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group, petitioned the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to add seven species of reptiles and amphibians, including the Arizona night lizard, to the endangered species list.