Elgaria velazquezi

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 velazquezi

Name

Elgaria velazquezi Grismer & Hollingsworth, 2001: 493

• Holotype: SDSNH 68679, adult ♂, collected by B.D. Hollingsworth on 31 October 1997.
• Type locality: “from 41.5 km W by Mexican Highway 1 of Santa Rosalia at 27º25' W by 112º36' N at 400 m in elevation, Baja California Sur (BCS), Mexico”.

References

Primary references

• Grismer, L.L. & Hollingsworth, B.D. 2001. A taxonomic review of the endemic Alligator Lizard Elgaria paucicarinata (Anguidae: Squamata) of Baja California, México with a description of a new species. Herpetologica 57(4): 488–496. DOI: 10.2307/3893055 ; JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Elgaria velazquezi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 September 2020.
• Hollingsworth, B. & Frost, D.R. 2007. IUCN: Elgaria velazquezi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63706A12707609. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63706A12707609.en

Vernacular names

English: Central Peninsular Alligator Lizard