Elgaria

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

Seven, see text.

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

Geographic range

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

Species

There are seven species:[2]

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

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