An alligator lizard is any one of various
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriat ...
of
lizards
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia altho ...
in the
family
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Anguidae
Anguidae refers to a large and diverse family of lizards native to the Northern Hemisphere. Common characteristics of this group include a reduced supratemporal arch, striations on the medial faces of tooth crowns, osteoderms, and a lateral fold ...
that have some shared characteristics.
The term may specifically refer to:
Species of the
genus
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''
Elgaria'':
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Northern alligator lizard (''Elgaria coerulea'')
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Madrean alligator lizard (''Elgaria kingii'')
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Southern alligator lizard (''Elgaria multicarinata'')
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Panamint alligator lizard (''Elgaria panamintina'')
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Pygmy alligator lizard (''Elgaria parva'')
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San Lucan alligator lizard (''Elgaria paucicarinata'')
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Central Peninsular alligator lizard (''Elgaria velazquezi'')
Species of the genus ''
Gerrhonotus
''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 ...
'':
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Farr's alligator lizard (''Gerrhonotus farri'')
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Texas alligator lizard There are two species of lizard named Texas alligator lizard:
* '' Gerrhonotus liocephalus''
* ''Gerrhonotus infernalis
The Texas alligator lizard (''Gerrhonotus infernalis'') is a species of lizard in the subfamily Gerrhonotinae of the family ...
(''Gerrhonotus infernalis'')
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Smooth-headed alligator lizard (''Gerrhonotus liocephalus'')
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Lugo's alligator lizard (''Gerrhonotus lugoi'')
Species of the genus ''
Abronia'' (arboreal alligator lizards)
References
Anguids
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