Barisia ciliaris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Parvordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Barisia
Species: Barisia ciliaris

Name

• Barisia ciliaris (Smith, 1942)

Holotype: USNM 47496, collected by E.W. Nelson and E.A. Goldman on 28 April 1898.

Type locality: “Sierra Guadelupe, Coahuila”, Mexico.

Combinations

• Gerrhonotus levicollis ciliaris Smith, 1942: 365 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Barisia imbricata ciliaris — Tihen, 1949: 244 [subsequent combination]
• Barisia ciliaris — Smith, Burg & Chiszar, 2002: 26 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Smith, H.M. 1942. Mexican herpetological miscellany. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92(3153): 349–395. BHL
• Smith, H.M., Burg, T.M. & Chiszar, D. 2002. Evolutionary speciation in the alligator lizards of the genus Barisia. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38(1): 23–26. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Tihen, J.A. 1949. A review of the lizard genus Barisia. The University of Kansas science bulletin 33(3): 217–254. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Barisia ciliaris. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 November 2018.

Vernacular names

• English: Sierra Alligator Lizard
• español: Lagarto alicante de montaña