Alligator lizard
Index of animals with the same common name
An alligator lizard is any one of various species of lizards in the family Anguidae that have some shared characteristics. The term may specifically refer to:
Species of the genus Elgaria (western alligator lizards)
- Cedros Island alligator lizard (Elgaria cedrosensis)
- Central peninsular alligator lizard (Elgaria velazquezi)
- Madrean alligator lizard (Elgaria kingii)
- Northern alligator lizard (Elgaria coerulea)
- Panamint alligator lizard (Elgaria panamintina)
- San Lucan alligator lizard (Elgaria paucicarinata)
- Southern alligator lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)
Species of the genus Gerrhonotus
- Farr's alligator lizard (Gerrhonotus farri)
- Pygmy alligator lizard (Gerrhonotus parvus)
- Species called Texas alligator lizard
- Gerrhonotus infernalis
- Gerrhonotus liocephalus, also called Wiegmann's alligator lizard and smooth-headed alligator lizard
- Lugo's alligator lizard (Gerrhonotus lugoi)
Species of the genus Abronia (arboreal alligator lizards)
- Coapilla arboreal alligator lizard (Abronia cunemica)
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