Gerrhonotus

Taxobox
name = "Gerrhonotus"

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image_size = 240px
image_caption = Texas Alligator Lizard, "Gerrhonotus infernalis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Anguidae
genus = "Gerrhonotus"
genus_authority = Wiegmann, 1828

"Gerrhonotus" is a genus of anguid lizards that are commonly referred to as alligator lizards, due to a vague resemblance to the alligator. There are four currently recognized species in the genus:

*Texas Alligator Lizard, "Gerrhonotus infernalis" (Baird, 1859)
*Smooth-headed Alligator Lizard, "Gerrhonotus liocephalus" (Wiegmann, 1828)
*Lugo's Alligator Lizard, "Gerrhonotus lugoi" (McCoy, 1970)
*Pygmy Alligator Lizard, "Gerrhonotus parvus" (Knight & Scudday, 1985)

References

*ITIS|174099