Elgaria velazquezi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Parvordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Gerrhonotinae
Genus: Elgaria
Species:

Elgaria velazquezi Grismer & Hollingsworth, 2001: 493

Holotype: SDSNH 68679, adult ♂, collected by B.D. Hollingsworth on 31 October 1997.
Type locality: “from 41.5 km W by Mexican Highway 1 of Santa Rosalia at 27º25' W by 112º36' N at 400 m in elevation, Baja California Sur (BCS), Mexico”.

Grismer, L.L. & Hollingsworth, B.D. 2001. A taxonomic review of the endemic Alligator Lizard Elgaria paucicarinata (Anguidae: Squamata) of Baja California, México with a description of a new species. Herpetologica 57(4): 488–496. DOI: 10.2307/3893055 ; JSTOR Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Elgaria velazquezi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 7 September 2020.
Hollingsworth, B. & Frost, D.R. 2007. IUCN: Elgaria velazquezi (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63706A12707609. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63706A12707609.en