Gerrhonotus

Gerrhonotus infernalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: 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 Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Anguimorpha Parvordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Gerrhonotus
Species (9): G. farri – G. infernalis – G. lazcanoi – G. liocephalus – G. lugoi – G. mccoyi – G. ophiurus – G. parvus – G. rhombifer

Name

Gerrhonotus Wiegmann, 1828: 379

• Type species: Gerrhonotus tesselatus Wiegmann, 1834, by subsequent designation by Fitzinger (1843: 21).

Synonyms

• Pterogastenes Peale & Green, 1829: 234 [synonymized by Gray (1845: 53)]
  • Type species: Scincus ventralis Peale & Green, 1829, by monotypy.
• Coloptychon Tihen, 1949: 584 [synonymized by García-Vázquez, Nieto-Montes de Oca, Bryson, Schmidt-Ballardo & Pavón-Vázquez (2018: 1650)]
  • Type species: Gerrhonotus rhombifer Peters, 1877, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1828. Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde (in German). Isis von Oken 21(4): 364–383. BHL Reference page. 
• Peale, T.R. & Green, J. 1830. Description of two new species of the Linnaean genus Lacerta. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 231–234. BHL
• Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Tihen, J.A. 1949. The Genera of Gerrhonotine Lizards. The American Midland Naturalist 41(3): 580–601. DOI: 10.2307/2421775 ; JSTOR Reference page. 
• Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the Specimens of Lizards in the Collection of the British Museum. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Edward Newman, printer). xxvii + 289 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• García-Vázquez, U.O., Nieto‐Montes de Oca, A., Bryson, Jr., R.W., Schmidt‐Ballardo, W. & Pavón-Vázquez, C.J. 2018. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the genus Gerrhonotus (Squamata: Anguidae). Journal of Biogeography 45(7): 1640–1652. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13241 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Good, D.A. 1994. Species Limits in the Genus Gerrhonotus (Squamata: Anguidae) . Herpetological Monographs 8: 180–202. DOI: 10.2307/1467080 ; JSTOR Reference page. 
• Banda-Leal, J., Nevárez-de los Reyes, M. & Bryson Jr., R.W. 2017. A New Species of Pygmy Alligator Lizard (Squamata: Anguidae) from Nuevo León, México. Journal of Herpetology 51(2): 223–226. DOI: 10.1670/15-168 Reference page. 
• García-Vázquez, U.O., Contreras-Arquieta, A., Trujano-Ortega, M., & Nieto‐Montes de Oca, A. 2018. A New Species of Gerrhonotus (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Cuatro Ciénegas Basin, Coahuila, Mexico. Herpetologica 74(3): 269–278. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-17-00013 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Gerrhonotus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Alligator Lizards
español: Lagartijas Caimán

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