Elgaria cedrosensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Elgaria
Species: Elgaria cedrosensis

Name

Elgaria cedrosensis (Fitch, 1934)

• Holotype: CAS 56187, adult ♂, collected by J.R. Slevin on 23 July 1923.
• Type locality: “cañon on southeast side of Cedros Island, Lower California, Mexico”.

Combinations

• Gerrhonotus cedrosensis Fitch, 1934: 6 [original combination]
• Elgaria cedrosensis — Tihen, 1949: 595 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Fitch, H.S. 1934. New alligator lizards from the Pacific Coast. Copeia 1934(1): 6–7. DOI: 10.2307/1436424

Additional references

• Grismer, L.L. & Hollingsworth, B.D. 2001. A taxonomic review of the endemic Alligator Lizard Elgaria paucicarinata (Anguidae: Squamata) of Baja California, México with a description of a new species. Herpetologica 57(4): 488–496. DOI: 10.2307/3893055 ; JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Elgaria cedrosensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 October 2019.
• Hollingsworth, B. & Frost, D.R. 2007. IUCN: Elgaria cedrosensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63700A12706631. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63700A12706631.en

Vernacular names

English: Cedros Island Alligator Lizard