.::::: Lizards of the World - Diploglossa - Elgaria :::::.
Last update: 10 May, 2004

The genus was previously considered a part of Gerrhonotus.

Elgaria
 
Elgaria coerulea (Wiegmann, 1828)
Gerrhonotus coeruleus Wiegmann, 1828
Gerrhonotus coeruleus coeruleus Wiegmann, 1828
Gerrhonotus coeruleus palmeri (Stejneger, 1893)
Gerrhonotus coeruleus principis (Baird & Girard, 1852)
Gerrhonotus coeruleus shastensis (Fitch, 1934)
Gerrhonotus palmeri (Stejneger, 1893)
Gerrhonotus principis (Baird & Girard, 1852)
Distribution: Canada and USA.
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Literature
Banta, B.H. & R.L. Wilson. 1976. ON the occurrence of Gerrhonotus multicarinatus on San Nicolas Island, Ventura County, California. Bull. Maryland Herpetol. Soc., 12: 99-100.
Behler, J.L. & F.W. King. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 743 pp.
Cooper, W.E., Jr. 1990. Prey Odor Discrimination by Anguid Lizards. Herpetologica, 46(2): 183-190.
 
Espinoza, R.E., C.A. Carreño & R.W. van Heest. 1999. Geographic Distribution. Elgaria coerulea. Herpetol. Rev., 30(1): 51-52.
Feldman, C.R. 2000. Comparative phylogeography of three Californian reptiles: Contia tenuis, Diadophis punctatus, Elgaria multicarinata. Unpubl. ms. thesis, San Francisco State Univ. San Francisco, CA.
Fitzinger, L.J.F.J. 1843. Systema reptilium. Fasciculus primus, Amblyglossae. Vindobonae, Braumuller et Seidel, Vienna, vi + 106 pp.
 
 
 
Mahony, M.J., D.S.M. Parks & G.M. Fellers. 2003. Uta stansburiana and Elgaria multicarinata on the California Channel Islands: Natural Dispersal or Artificial Introduction? J. Herpetol., 37(3): 586-591.
 
Otvos, I.S. 1977. Observations on the food of three forest-dwelling lizards in California. Herpetol. Rev., 8(1): 6-7.
 
Rutherford, P.L. & P.T. Gregory. 2003. Habitat Use and Movement Patterns of Northern Alligator Lizards (Elgaria coerulea) and Western Skinks (Eumeces skiltonianus) in Southeastern British Columbia. J. Herpetol., 37(1): 98-106.
Stewart, J.R. 1984. Thermal Biology of the Live Bearing Lizard Gerrhonotus coeruleus. Herpetologica, 40(4): 349-355.
Stewart, J.R. 1985. Growth and survivorship in a California population of Gerrhonotus coeruleus, with comments on intraspecific variation in adult female size. Amer. Midl. Nat., 113: 30-40.
Van Denburgh, J. 1898. The Gerrhonotus of the San Lucan Fauna, Lower California, with Diagnosis of other West American Species. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1898: 63-66.
Vindum, J.V. & E.N. Arnold. 1997. The Northern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria coerulea) from Nevada. Herpetol. Rev., 28(2): 100.
Vitt, L.J. 1973. Reproductive biology of the anguid lizard Gerrhonotus coeruleus principis. Herpetologica, 29: 176-184.
Wagner, D. & J.F. Gurrola. 1995. Geographic Distribution. Elgaria kingii. Herpetol. Rev., 26(3): 155.