Madrean Alligator Lizard Elgaria kingii
Description
<h3 class="taxon_description_header"> Description from <select name="from" id="from"><option value="Eol">EOL</option> <option value="Inaturalist">iNaturalist</option> <option selected="selected" value="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</option></select> <a class="externallink ui" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrean_alligator_lizard">View on Wikipedia →</a> </h3> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Species of lizard</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1287766962">@media(max-width:640px){body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .infobox{width:100%!important}body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .infobox th{width:50%}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>The <b>Madrean alligator lizard</b> (<i><b>Elgaria kingii</b>)</i>, also known <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_name" title="Common name">commonly</a> as <b>King's alligator lizard</b> and <i><b>el lagarto de montaña</b></i> in Mexican Spanish, is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard" title="Lizard">lizard</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguidae" title="Anguidae">Anguidae</a>. The species is native to the southwestern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and adjacent northwestern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific_name_(zoology)" title="Specific name (zoology)">specific name</a>, <i>kingii</i>, is in honor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Parker_King" title="Phillip Parker King">Phillip Parker King</a>, an Australian-born <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> officer who surveyed the coast of South America.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographic_range">Geographic range</h2></div> <p><i>E. kingii</i> is found from southeastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> and southwestern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, southward to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalisco" title="Jalisco">Jalisco</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colima" title="Colima">Colima</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nayarit" title="Nayarit">Nayarit</a>, southeastern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacatecas" title="Zacatecas">Zacatecas</a>, and southwestern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguascalientes" title="Aguascalientes">Aguascalientes</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Habitat">Habitat</h2></div> <p><i>E. kingii</i> is found in a variety of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat" title="Habitat">habitats</a> including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert" title="Desert">desert</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassland" title="Grassland">grassland</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrubland" title="Shrubland">shrubland</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest" title="Forest">forest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_20_November_2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_20_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h2></div> <p><i>E. kingii</i> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviparity" title="Oviparity">oviparous</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subspecies">Subspecies</h2></div> <p>Three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies" title="Subspecies">subspecies</a> are recognized as being valid, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominotypical_subspecies" class="mw-redirect" title="Nominotypical subspecies">nominotypical subspecies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RDB_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RDB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul> <li> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elgaria_kingii_ferruginea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elgaria kingii ferruginea (page does not exist)">Elgaria kingii ferruginea</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_G._Webb" title="Robert G. Webb">Webb</a>, 1962)</span> </li> <li> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elgaria_kingii_kingii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elgaria kingii kingii (page does not exist)">Elgaria kingii kingii</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Gray" title="John Edward Gray">Gray</a>, 1838</span> </li> <li> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elgaria_kingii_nobilis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Elgaria kingii nobilis (page does not exist)">Elgaria kingii nobilis</a></i> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Fullerton_Baird" title="Spencer Fullerton Baird">Baird</a> & <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Girard" title="Charles Frédéric Girard">Girard</a>, 1852</span> </li> </ul> <p><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nota_bene" title="Nota bene">Nota bene</a></i>: A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinomen" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinomen">trinomial authority</a> in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> other than <i>Elgaria</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style> <div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-iucn_status_20_November_2021-1"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-iucn_status_20_November_2021_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-iucn_status_20_November_2021_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style> <cite id="CITEREFHammerson,_G.A.Vazquez_Díaz,_J.Quintero_Díaz,_G.E.2007" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_A._Hammerson" class="extiw" title="species:Geoffrey A. Hammerson">Hammerson, G.A.</a>; <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Joel_V%C3%A1zquez-D%C3%ADaz" class="extiw" title="species:Joel Vázquez-Díaz">Vazquez Díaz, J.</a>; <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Ernesto_Quintero-D%C3%ADaz" class="extiw" title="species:Gustavo Ernesto Quintero-Díaz">Quintero Díaz, G.E.</a> (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/63702/12706965">"<i>Elgaria kingii </i>"</a>. <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List of Threatened Species</a></i>. <b>2007</b>: e.T63702A12706965. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63702A12706965.en">10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63702A12706965.en</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=IUCN+Red+List+of+Threatened+Species&rft.atitle=Elgaria+kingii+&rft.volume=2007&rft.pages=e.T63702A12706965&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63702A12706965.en&rft.au=Hammerson%2C+G.A.&rft.au=Vazquez+D%C3%ADaz%2C+J.&rft.au=Quintero+D%C3%ADaz%2C+G.E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iucnredlist.org%2Fspecies%2F63702%2F12706965&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMadrean+alligator+lizard" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RDB-2"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-RDB_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Species <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Elgaria&species=kingii">Elgaria kingii</a></i> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.reptile-database.org/">The Reptile Database</a> www.reptile-database.org</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"> <span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bo_Beolens" class="extiw" title="species:Bo Beolens">Beolens, Bo</a>; <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Michael_Watkins" class="extiw" title="species:Michael Watkins">Watkins, Michael</a>; <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Michael_Grayson" class="extiw" title="species:Michael Grayson">Grayson, Michael</a> (2011). <i>The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles</i>. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5">978-1-4214-0135-5</a>. (<i>Elgaria kingii</i>, p. 141).</span> </li> </ol></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Fullerton_Baird" title="Spencer Fullerton Baird">Baird SF</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Girard" title="Charles Frédéric Girard">Girard C</a> (1852). "Characteristics of some New Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution". <i>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia</i> <b>6</b>: 125–129. (<i>Elgaria nobilis</i>, new species, p. 129).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Albert_Boulenger" title="George Albert Boulenger">Boulenger GA</a> (1885). <i>Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume II. ... Anguidæ</i> ...<b>.</b> London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 497 pp. + Plates I–XXIV. (<i>Gerrhonotus kingii</i>, pp. 274–275).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edward_Gray" title="John Edward Gray">Gray JE</a> (1838). Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descriptions of many new Genera and Species. <i>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, First Series</i> <b>1</b>: 274–283, 388–394. (<i>Elgaria kingii</i>, new species, pp. 390–391).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart_Muir_Smith" title="Hobart Muir Smith">Smith HM</a>, <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Darrell_Brodie_Jr." class="extiw" title="species:Edmund Darrell Brodie Jr.">Brodie ED Jr</a> (1982). <i>Reptiles of North America: A Guide to Field Identification</i>. New York: Golden Press. 240 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-307-13666-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-307-13666-3">0-307-13666-3</a>. ("<i>Elgaria kingi</i> [sic]", pp. 86–87).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Stebbins" title="Robert C. Stebbins">Stebbins RC</a> (2003). <i>A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition</i>. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin. xiii + 533 pp. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-395-98272-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-395-98272-3">978-0-395-98272-3</a>. (<i>Elgaria kingii</i>, pp. 334–335 + Plate 41 + Map 124).</li> <li> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_G._Webb" title="Robert G. Webb">Webb RG</a> (1962). "A New Alligator Lizard (Genus <i>Gerrhonotus</i>) from Western México". <i>Herpetologica</i> <b>18</b> (2): 73–79. (<i>Gerrhonotus kingi</i> [sic] <i>ferrugineus</i>, new subspecies).</li> </ul> <p><br> </p> <div class="navbox-styles"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · 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4em"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Taxon_identifiers" title="Help:Taxon identifiers">Taxon identifiers</a></div></th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left;"><i>Elgaria kingii</i></th> <td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3050842" class="extiw" title="wikidata:Q3050842">Q3050842</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Elgaria_kingii" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Elgaria kingii">Elgaria kingii</a></span></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalogue_of_Life" title="Catalogue of Life">CoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/399YB">399YB</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Life" title="Encyclopedia of Life">EoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eol.org/pages/794876">794876</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/2468284">2468284</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INaturalist" title="INaturalist">iNaturalist</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" 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href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/63702/0">63702</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NatureServe" title="NatureServe">NatureServe</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.104450/">2.104450</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information" title="National Center for Biotechnology Information">NCBI</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=102185">102185</a></span></span></li> <li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observation.org" title="Observation.org">Observation.org</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://observation.org/species/99248/">99248</a></span></span></li> 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Common Names
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Anguidae
Genus: Elgaria
Species: Madrean Alligator Lizard Elgaria kingii
Conservation Status
least concern (LC)