Elgaria kingii

Elgaria kingii

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

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Elgaria
Species: Elgaria kingii
Subspecies (3): E. k. ferruginea – E. k. kingii – E. k. nobilis

Name

Elgaria kingii Gray, 1838

• Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.29 (formerly V25a), adult indet., presented by Thomas Bell.
• Type locality: not stated, designated as “Mexico” by Boulenger (1885: 275), restricted to “Mojarachic, Chihuahua” by Smith & Taylor (1950: 327), and subsequently to “Huachuca Mountains, Arizona” by Schmidt (1953: 139).

Combinations

• Elgaria kingii Gray, 1838: 390 [original combination]
• Gerrhonotus kingii — Müller, 1865: 604 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Part 2. Annals of Natural History. Series 1 1(5): 388–394. DOI: 10.1080/00222933809512320 ; BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 2. Iguanidae, Xenosauridae, Zonuridae, Anguidae, Aniellidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xantusiidae, Teiidae, Amphisbaenidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 497 pp., 24 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, H.M. & Taylor, E.H. 1950. Type localities of Mexican reptiles and amphibians. The University of Kansas science bulletin 33(8): 313–380. BHL Reference page. 
• Schmidt, K.P. 1953. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th edition. University of Chicago Press: Chicago. viii + 280 pp. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Elgaria kingii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 October 2019.
• Hammerson, G.A., Vazquez Díaz, J. & Quintero Díaz, G.E. 2007. IUCN: Elgaria kingii  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63702A12706965. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63702A12706965.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Mexikanische Alligatorschleiche
English: Madrean Alligator Lizard

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