Gerrhonotus

<i>Gerrhonotus</i>

Gerrhonotus

Genus of lizards

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.

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Species and subspecies

There are nine recognized species in the genus Gerrhonotus. One species has recognized subspecies.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Genus Gerrhonotus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. [2]
    Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Gerrhonotus farri, p. 88; G. liocephalus loweryi, p. 161; G. lugoi, p. 162).

Further reading

  • Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (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).


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