Gerrhonotus

Gerrhonotus
Texas alligator lizard, Gerrhonotus infernalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Family:	Anguidae
Subfamily:	Gerrhonotinae
Genus:	Gerrhonotus Wiegmann, 1828
Species
5 recognized species, see article.

Gerrhonotus is a genus of anguid lizards that are commonly referred to as alligator lizards, due to a vague resemblance to the alligator. There are five currently recognized species in the genus:

• Gerrhonotus farri Bryson & Graham, 2010 - Farr's alligator lizard
• Gerrhonotus infernalis Baird, 1859 - Texas alligator lizard
• Gerrhonotus liocephalus Wiegmann, 1828 - smooth-headed alligator lizard
• Gerrhonotus lugoi C.J. McCoy, 1970 - Lugo's alligator lizard
• Gerrhonotus parvus Knight & Scudday, 1985 - pygmy alligator lizard

References

• "Gerrhonotus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Further reading

• Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR. 1978. Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Gerrhonotus, pp. 292, 294).
• Wiegmann AF. 1828. "Beyträge zur Amphibienkunde". Isis von Oken 21 (4): 364-383. (Gerrhonotus, new genus, p. 379). (in German and Latin).