Gerrhonotus
| Gerrhonotus | |
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| Texas alligator lizard (Gerrhonotus infernalis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Subfamily: | |
| Genus: | Gerrhonotus Wiegmann, 1828 |
| Species | |
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9 recognized species, see text. | |
Gerrhonotus is a genus of anguid lizards that are commonly referred to as alligator lizards, due to a vague resemblance to an alligator. Along with glass lizards (Ophisaurus) and many other lizards, alligator lizards have the ability to regrow their tail.
Species and subspecies[]
There are nine recognized species in the genus Gerrhonotus. One species has recognized subspecies.[1]
- & , 2010 – alligator lizard[2]
- Gerrhonotus infernalis Baird, 1859 – Texas alligator lizard
- , & , 2017
- Wiegmann, 1828 – smooth-headed alligator lizard, Texas alligator lizard, Wiegmann's alligator lizard
- , 1970 – alligator lizard[2]
- García-Vázquez, , & , 2018
- Cope, 1867
- Gerrhonotus parvus & , 1985 – pygmy alligator lizard
- Gerrhonotus rhombifer (W. Peters, 1876) – isthmian alligator lizard
References[]
- ^ "Gerrhonotus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b c 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).
External links[]
Further reading[]
- Goin CJ, , 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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