Elgaria


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

Geographic range

in the genus Elgaria are distributed in western North America, from Mexico to Canada.

Species

There are seven species:
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Elgaria cedrosensis Cedros Island Alligator LizardMexico
Elgaria coerulea northern alligator lizardPacific Coast and in the Rocky Mountains from southern British Columbia through Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana south through Oregon to the coastal range and the Sierra Nevada in central California
Elgaria kingii Gray, 1838Madrean alligator Lizardsouthwestern United States and adjacent northwestern Mexico
Elgaria multicarinata southern alligator lizardBaja California to the state of Washington
Elgaria panamintina Panamint alligator lizardCalifornia
Elgaria paucicarinata San Lucan alligator lizardMexico
Elgaria velazquezi :fr:Larry Lee Grismer|Grismer & Hollingsworth, 2001Central Peninsular Alligator LizardMexico

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