Elgaria kingii nobilis

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:Elgaria kingii nobilis

Name

Elgaria kingii nobilis Baird & Girard, 1852

• Syntypes (2): USNM 3076, collected by John H. Clark, date unknown.
• Type locality: “Fort Webster, Copper mines of the Gila, (Santa Rita del Cobre), New Mexico”.

Combinations

• Elgaria nobilis Baird & Girard, 1852: 129 [original combination]
• Gerrhonotus nobilis — Baird, 1859: 11 [subsequent combination]
• Elgaria kingii nobilis — Tihen, 1949: 596 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1852. Characteristics of some new reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Second Part. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6: 125–129. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Elgaria kingii. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 October 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Arizona Alligator Lizard