- Source: Gerrhonotus
Gerrhonotus is a genus of anguid lizards that are commonly referred to as alligator lizards, due to a vague resemblance to an alligator. Most species are restricted to Mexico, but a few range into Guatemala or Texas, and G. rhombifer is from Costa Rica and Panama. 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.
Gerrhonotus farri Bryson & Graham, 2010 – Farr's alligator lizard
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
Gerrhonotus lugoi C.J. McCoy, 1970 – Lugo's alligator lizard
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
External links
"Gerrhonotus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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).
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Gerrhonotus
- Northern alligator lizard
- Gerrhonotus infernalis
- Isthmian alligator lizard
- Alligator lizard
- Gerrhonotus mccoyi
- Gerrhonotus farri
- Gerrhonotus parvus
- Gerrhonotus liocephalus
- Southern alligator lizard
