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.<ref>Template:EMBL genus www.reptile-database.org.</ref>
- Gerrhonotus farri Template:Small – Farr's alligator lizard<ref name=EDR>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).</ref>
- Gerrhonotus infernalis Template:Small – Texas alligator lizard
- Gerrhonotus lazcanoi Template:Small
- Gerrhonotus liocephalus Template:Small – smooth-headed alligator lizard, Texas alligator lizard, Wiegmann's alligator lizard
- Gerrhonotus liocephalus austrinus Template:Small
- Gerrhonotus liocephalus liocephalus Template:Small
- Gerrhonotus liocephalus loweryi Template:Small – Lowery's alligator lizard<ref name=EDR/>
- Gerrhonotus lugoi Template:Small – Lugo's alligator lizard<ref name=EDR/>
- Gerrhonotus mccoyi Template:Small
- Gerrhonotus ophiurus Template:Small
- Gerrhonotus parvus Template:Small – pygmy alligator lizard
- Gerrhonotus rhombifer Template:Small – isthmian alligator lizard
References
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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).