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    Species Accepted

    Elgaria multicarinata (Blainville, 1835)

    Southern Alligator Lizard
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Elgaria
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      19 results
      Abuela de víbora Spanish
      California Alligator Lizard
      Lagartija Lagarto Meridional Spanish
      Lagarto Meridional Spanish
      Lagarto escorpión de Baja California Spanish
      Lagarto escorpión del Sur Spanish
      Lagarto-jacaré-do-sul Portuguese
      Los Coronados Alligator Lizard
      Oregon Alligator Lizard
      San Diego Alligator Lizard

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      71 results
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      Fitch, H. S. (1938). A Systematic Account of the Alligator Lizards (Gerrhonotus) in the Western United States and Lower California. American Midland Naturalist 20: 381-424.
      Grismer, L. L. (2001). Bull. Southern Calif. Acad. Sci. 100(1):12-23.
      Esparza, J. E. and Pauly, G. B. (2020). Elgaria multicarinata (southern alligator lizard). Elevation. Herpetological Review 51: 124.
      Kahl B, Gaupp P, & Schmidt G. (1980). Das Terrarium. Falken Verlag, Niederhausen (Germany), 336 Pp.
      Goldberg, Stephen R. (1972). Reproduction in the Southern Alligator Lizard Gerrhonotus multicarinatus. Herpetologica 28 (3): 267-273.
      Günther, A. C. L. G. (1885). Reptilia and Batrachia. Biologia Centrali-Américana. Taylor, & Francis, London, 326 Pp. [Published in Parts from 1885-1902; Reprint by the SSAR 1987].
      Thill, V L & Feldman, C R; (2019). Elgaria multicarinata (Southern Alligator Lizard) Predation. Herpetological Review 50 (3): 573.
      Leavitt, D. H., Marion, A. B., Hollingsworth, B. D., & Reeder, T. W. (2017). Multilocus phylogeny of alligator lizards (Elgaria, Anguidae): Testing mtDNA introgression as the source of discordant molecular phylogenetic hypotheses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
      Good, D. A. (1988). Phylogenetic relationships among gerrhonotine lizards; an analysis of external morphology. Univ. California Publ. Zool. 121: 139 Pp.

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