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Barisia imbricata (WIEGMANN, 1828)

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Higher TaxaAnguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Imbricate Alligator Lizard, Transvolcanic Alligator Lizard
S: Escorpión de Transvolcánico 
SynonymGerrhonotus imbricatus WIEGMANN 1828: 379
Gerrhonotus imbricatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 407
Barissia imbricata — GRAY 1838: 390
Barissia imbricata — GRAY 1845: 55
Barissia imbricata — COPE 1878: 97
Gerrhonotus (Barissia) imbricatus — BOCOURT 1878: 363
Gerrhonotus imbricatus — BOULENGER 1885: 272
Barisia imbricata imbricata — TIHEN 1949: 240
Gerrhonotus lichenigerus WAGLER 1833 (1830 fide GOOD et al. 1993)
Gerrhonotus adspersus WIEGMANN 1834
Gerrhonotus Lichenigerus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 408
Gerrhonotus olivaceus BAIRD 1859
Gerrhonotus olivaceus — O’SHAUGHNESSY 1873: 48
Barisia imbricata imbricata — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 201
Gerrhonotus imbricatus — WERMUTH 1969: 18
Barisia imbricata — LINER 1994
Barisia imbricata — ZALDIVAR-RIVERON et al. 2005
Barisia imbricata — CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ & GUTIÉRREZ-MAYÉN 2010 
DistributionMexico (Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Distrito Federal, Chihuahua [HR 31: 112], Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Guerrero, Nayarit).

Type locality: Mexico; restricted to Distrito Federal by SMITH & TAYLOR 1950. Elevation 9,800-13,000 feet.  
Reproductionovovivparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 1156 (imbricata)
Holotype: ZSM 582/0 [lichenigerus]
Holotype: UMMZ 112704 [jonesi]
Syntype: USNM 3096 [Gerrhonotus olivaceus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Good 1988: 78 
CommentSubspecies: subspecies of B. imbricata have been elevated to full species.

Map: GUILLETTE & SMITH 1982: 24

Distribution: Not listed for San Luis Potosí by Lemos-Espinal & Dixon 2013. Not in Nuevo Leon fide LEMOS-ESPINAL et al. 2016. Not listed for San Luis Potosí by Lemos-Espinal et al. 2018 (checklist SLP). Not in Durango fide Lemos-Espinal (2018). Not in Sinaloa (Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020). Reports from Quéretaro are now assigned to B. ciliaris, hence the species does not occur in Quéretaro fide Tepos-Ramírez et al. 2023.

Type species: Gerrhonotus imbricatus WIEGMANN 1828 is the type species of the genus Barisia GRAY 1838: 390.

Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species. 
EtymologyThe name imbricata is derived from the Latin imbricatus (overlapping, like roofing tiles and shingles) and refers to the overlapping dorsal scales. 
References
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