Elgaria

Elgaria is a genus of New World lizards in the family Anguidae. Their common name is western alligator lizards.[1]

Elgaria
Elgaria multicarinata eating a mantis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Subfamily: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Elgaria
Gray, 1838
Species

Seven, see text.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Elgaria are distributed in western North America, from Mexico to Canada.[2]

Species

There are seven species:[2]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Elgaria cedrosensis (Fitch, 1934)Cedros Island Alligator LizardMexico (Cedros Island, and coastal S Baja California Norte)
Elgaria coerulea (Wiegmann, 1828)northern alligator lizardPacific Coast and in the Rocky Mountains from southern British Columbia through Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana south through Oregon to the coastal range and the Sierra Nevada in central California
Elgaria kingii Gray, 1838Madrean alligator Lizardsouthwestern United States and adjacent northwestern Mexico
Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835)southern alligator lizardBaja California to the state of Washington
Elgaria panamintina (Stebbins, 1958)Panamint alligator lizardCalifornia
Elgaria paucicarinata (Fitch, 1934)San Lucan alligator lizardMexico
Elgaria velazquezi Grismer & Hollingsworth, 2001Central Peninsular Alligator LizardMexico


Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Elgaria.

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References

Further reading

  • Gray JE (1838). Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., First Series 1: 274–283, 388–394. (Elgaria, new genus, p. 390).
  • Gray JE (1845). Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxviii + 289 pp. (Genus Elgaria, p. 46).
  • Stebbins RC (2003). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin. xiii + 533 pp. ISBN 978-0-395-98272-3. (Genus Elgaria, p. 331).


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