| Elgaria | |
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| Elgaria multicarinata eating a mantis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Anguidae |
| Subfamily: | Gerrhonotinae |
| Genus: | Elgaria Gray, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Elgaria multicarinata | |
| Species | |
Seven, see text. | |
Elgaria is a genus of New World lizards in the family Anguidae. Their common name is western alligator lizards. [1]
Species in the genus Elgaria are distributed in western North America, from Mexico to Canada. [2]
There are seven species: [2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgaria cedrosensis (Fitch, 1934) | Cedros Island alligator lizard | Mexico (Cedros Island, and coastal S Baja California Norte) | |
 | Elgaria coerulea (Wiegmann, 1828) | Northern alligator lizard | Pacific Coast and in the Rocky Mountains from southern British Columbia through Washington, northern Idaho and western Montana south through Oregon to the coastal range and the Sierra Nevada in central California |
 | Elgaria kingii Gray, 1838 | Madrean alligator lizard | Southwestern United States and adjacent northwestern Mexico |
 | Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835) | Southern alligator lizard | Baja California to the state of Washington |
| Elgaria panamintina (Stebbins, 1958) | Panamint alligator lizard | California | |
| Elgaria paucicarinata (Fitch, 1934) | San Lucan alligator lizard | Mexico | |
| Elgaria velazquezi Grismer & Hollingsworth, 2001 | Central Peninsular alligator lizard | Mexico | |
Nota bene : A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Elgaria.
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