Elgaria paucicarinata (FITCH, 1934)
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Higher Taxa | Anguidae (Gerrhonotinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | |
Common Names | E: San Lucan Alligator Lizard S: Lagarto de Cuatro Patitas |
Synonym | Gerrhonotus paucicarinatus FITCH 1934: 173 Gerrhonotus multicarinatus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1939: 404 (fide FITCH 1938) Gerrhonotus paucicarinatus — FITCH 1938 Elgaria paucicarinata — TIHEN 1949: 595 Elgaria paucicarinata — SMITH & TAYLOR 1950: 206 Gerrhonotus paucicarinatus — WERMUTH 1969: 26 Gerrhonotus paucicarinatus — STEBBINS 1985: 241 Elgaria paucicarinata — GOOD 1988: 77 Elgaria paucicarinata — LINER 1994: 47 |
Distribution | Mexico (S Baja California) Type locality: Todos Santos, Baja California. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MVZ 11768 (Mus. Vert. Zool. UC) |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Subspecies: Elgaria paucicarinata cedrosensis (FITCH 1934) has been elevated to full (evolutionary) species fide GRISMER & HOLLINGSWORTH 2001. Distribution: see maps in GRISMER & HOLLINGSWORTH 2001, Leavitt et al. 2017: Fig. 1. One of the diagnostic characters for E. paucicarinata is that it is weakly keeled (Good, 1988). However, lizards of the central peninsular population are strongly keeled, and large adults approach the condition found in E. multicarinata. |
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