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Elgaria
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Elgaria is a genus of New World lizards in the family Anguidae. Their common name is western alligator lizards. There are seven species in the genus.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassSquamata
  4. FamilyAnguidae
Observations recorded53,019

Elgaria es un género de reptiles escamosos de la familia Anguidae que se distribuye por América del Norte.[1]​ Especies Se reconocen las siguientes siete especies:[2]​ Elgaria cedrosensis (Fitch, 1934) Elgaria coerulea (Wiegmann, 1828) Elgaria kingii Gray, 1838 Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835) Elgaria panamintina (Stebbins, 1958) Elgaria paucicarinata (Fitch, 1934) Elgaria velazquezi Grismer & Hollingsworth, 2001 Referencias ↑ Sistema Integrado de Información Taxonómica. «Elgaria (TSN 209007)» (en inglés). ↑ Uetz, P. & Jirí Hošek (ed.). «Elgaria». Reptile Database (en inglés). Reptarium. Consultado el 22 de octubre de 2016.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
181
Family
Anguidae
Collections
CM, PSM, SDNHM, UAZ, ROM, HSU
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
alligator lizard
Image
Elgaria multicarinata eating mantis 2.jpg
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Commons category
Elgaria
taxon name
Elgaria
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Elgaria
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
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Elgaria is a genus of New World lizards in the family Anguidae. Their common name is western alligator lizards. There are seven species in the genus.

==Geographic range== Species in the genus Elgaria are distributed in western North America, from Mexico to Canada.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elgaria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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