Gerrhonotus

Gerrhonotus is a genus of anguid lizards that are commonly referred to as alligator lizards, due to a vague resemblance to the alligator. Along with glass lizards (Ophisaurus) and many other lizards, alligator lizards have the ability to regrow their tail.

Gerrhonotus
Texas alligator lizard, Gerrhonotus infernalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Subfamily: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Gerrhonotus
Wiegmann, 1828
Species

9 recognized species, see text.

Species and subspecies

There are nine recognized species in the genus Gerrhonotus. One species has recognized subspecies.[1]

  • Gerrhonotus farri Bryson & Graham, 2010 – Farr's alligator lizard[2]
  • Gerrhonotus infernalis Baird, 1859 – Texas alligator lizard
  • Gerrhonotus lazcanoi Banda-Leal, Nevárez-de los Reyes & Bryson, 2017
  • Gerrhonotus liocephalus Wiegmann, 1828 – smooth-headed alligator lizard, Texas alligator lizard, Wiegmann's alligator lizard
    • Gerrhonotus liocephalus austrinus Hartweg & Tihen, 1946
    • Gerrhonotus liocephalus liocephalus Wiegmann, 1828
    • Gerrhonotus liocephalus loweryi Tihen, 1948 – Lowery's alligator lizard[2]
  • Gerrhonotus lugoi C.J. McCoy, 1970 – Lugo's alligator lizard[2]
  • Gerrhonotus mccoyi García-Vázquez, Contreras-Arquieta, Trujano-Ortega & Nieto-Montes De Oca, 2018
  • Gerrhonotus ophiurus Cope, 1867
  • Gerrhonotus parvus Knight & Scudday, 1985 – pygmy alligator lizard
  • Gerrhonotus rhombifer (W. Peters, 1876) – isthmian alligator lizard

References
  1. "Gerrhonotus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gerrhonotus farri, p. 88; G. liocephalus loweryi, p. 161; G. lugoi, p. 162).

Further reading
  • Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Gerrhonotus, pp. 292, 294).
  • Wiegmann AF (1828). "Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde". Isis von Oken 21 (4): 364–383. (Gerrhonotus, new genus, p. 379). (in German and Latin).


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