Elgaria multicarinata

Elgaria multicarinata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

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

Name

Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835)

• Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.2002, adult indet., collected by P.E. Botta between 1827-1829.
• Type locality: “Californie”, restricted to “Monterey [Monterey County]” by Fitch (1934: 173).

Combinations

• Cordylus (Gerhonotus) multi-carinatus Blainville, 1835: 289 [original combination]
• Elgaria multicarinata — Gray, 1838: 39l [subsequent combination]
• Gerrhonotus multicarinatus — Duméril & Bibron, 1839: 404 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Blainville, H.M.D. de 1835. Description de quelques espèces de reptiles de la Californie précédée de l’analyse d’un système général d’herpétologie et d’amphbiologie. Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 4: 233–296. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hammerson, G.A. & Hollingsworth, B. 2007. IUCN: Elgaria multicarinata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63703A12707115. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63703A12707115.en. Accessed on 11 November 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Southern Alligator Lizard

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