Xantusia gilberti, also known commonly as the Baja California night lizard and la nocturna de Baja California in Mexican Spanish, is a species of small lizard in the family Xantusiidae.

The species is native to the southern Baja California Peninsula of Mexico.

[1] The specific name, gilberti, is in honor of American ichthyologist Charles Henry Gilbert.

[2] The holotype of X. gilberti has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 4 cm (1.6 in), and a tail length about equal to SVL.

The eye is very small, with a vertical pupil.