Gerrhonotus
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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.[1]
- Gerrhonotus farri Bryson & Graham, 2010Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Farr's alligator lizard[2]
- Gerrhonotus infernalis Baird, 1859Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Texas alligator lizard
- Gerrhonotus lazcanoi Banda-Leal, Nevárez-de los Reyes & Bryson, 2017Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gerrhonotus liocephalus Wiegmann, 1828Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – smooth-headed alligator lizard, Texas alligator lizard, Wiegmann's alligator lizard
- Gerrhonotus liocephalus austrinus Hartweg & Tihen, 1946Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gerrhonotus liocephalus liocephalus Wiegmann, 1828Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gerrhonotus liocephalus loweryi Tihen, 1948Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lowery's alligator lizard[2]
- Gerrhonotus lugoi C.J. McCoy, 1970Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lugo's alligator lizard[2]
- Gerrhonotus mccoyi García-Vázquez, Contreras-Arquieta, Trujano-Ortega & Nieto-Montes De Oca, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gerrhonotus ophiurus Cope, 1867Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Gerrhonotus parvus Knight & Scudday, 1985Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – pygmy alligator lizard
- Gerrhonotus rhombifer (W. Peters, 1876)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – isthmian alligator lizard
References
External links
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Further reading
- Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. Template:ISBN. (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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- ↑ Genus Gerrhonotus at 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. Template:ISBN. (Gerrhonotus farri, p. 88; G. liocephalus loweryi, p. 161; G. lugoi, p. 162).