Elgaria multicarinata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835)

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

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

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

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Elgaria multicarinata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 September 2020.
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

English: Southern Alligator Lizard